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al-Jahiz | |
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 Syrian stamp of al-Jahiz from 1968 | |
| Born | Abū ʿUthman ʿAmr ibn Baḥr al-Kinānī al-Baṣrī 776 |
| Died | December 868/January 869 (aged 92-93) Basra, Abbasid Caliphate |
| Era | Islamic Golden Age/Medieval era |
| Region | Islamic Philosophy |
| School | Aristotelianism |
Main interests | Arabic literature,Biology,Trivium,Islamic studies,Islamic theology |
| Personal | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Creed | Mu'tazila[1] |
Abu Uthman Amr ibn Bahr al-Kinani al-Basri (Arabic: أبو عثمان عمرو بن بحر الكناني البصري, romanized: Abū ʿUthman ʿAmr ibn Baḥr al-Kinānī al-Baṣrī; c. 776–868/869), commonly known as al-Jahiz (Arabic: الجاحظ, romanized: al-Jāḥiẓ, lit. 'the bug eyed'), was an Arabic polymath and author of works of literature (including theory and criticism), theology, zoology, philosophy, grammar, dialectics, rhetoric, philology, linguistics, and politico-religious polemics.[2][3][4][5] His extensive zoological work has been credited with describing principles related to natural selection, ethology, and the functions of an ecosystem.[6]
Ibn al-Nadim lists nearly 140 titles attributed to al-Jahiz, of which 75 are extant. The best known are Kitāb al-Ḥayawān (The book of the Animal), a seven-part compendium on an array of subjects with animals as their point of departure; Kitāb al-Bayān wa-l-tabyīn (The book of eloquence and exposition), a wide-ranging work on human communication; and Kitāb al-Bukhalāʾ (The book of misers), a collection of anecdotes on stinginess.[7] Tradition claims that he was smothered to death when a vast amount of books fell over him.[8]
- ^ "al-Jāḥiẓ". Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica, inc. 7 March 2012. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
- ^ Yāqūt 1907, pp. 56–80, VI (6).
- ^ Baghdādī (al-) Khaṭīb 2001, pp. 124–132, 14.
- ^ Pellat 1953, p. 51.
- ^ Nadīm (al-) 1970, pp. 397–409.
- ^ "Darwin's Ghosts, By Rebecca Stott". independent.co.uk. 31 May 2012. Archived from the original on 4 June 2012. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
- ^ Blankinship (2020). "Giggers, Greeners, Peyserts, and Palliards: Rendering Slang in al-Bukhalāʾ of al-Jāḥiẓ". Journal of the American Oriental Society. 140 (1): 17. doi:10.7817/jameroriesoci.140.1.0017. S2CID 219100706.
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