Al-Jahiz

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Al-Jahiz was a pioneering 9th-century Arab prose writer and polymath best known for his influential works on theology, literature, and early ideas related to zoology and evolution.

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Al-Jahiz canonical 2
al-Jahiz 1
al-Jāḥiẓ 1

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instanceOf Arab scholar
Mu'tazilite theologian
polymath
prose writer
theologian
writer
zoologist
associatedWith Basra school of early Sufism
surface form: Basra school of theology
birthDate circa 776
birthPlace Abbasid Caliphate
Basra
culture Abbasid culture
deathDate circa 868
circa 869
deathPlace Basra
developedConcept ideas of environmental influence on species
ideas of natural selection-like processes
ideas of struggle for existence among animals
era 9th century
Islamic Golden Age
ethnicity Arabs
surface form: Arab
field ethics
linguistics
literature
philosophy
rhetoric
theology
zoology
fullName Abu Uthman Amr ibn Bahr al-Kinani al-Basri
influenced Arabic literary criticism
Arabic prose style
later Islamic theologians
knownFor Kitab al-Bayan wa al-Tabyin
Kitab al-Bukhala
Kitab al-Hayawan
early ideas related to evolution
works on Arabic prose
works on adab literature
works on theology
language Arabic
movement Muʿtazilite theology
surface form: Mu'tazilism
name Al-Jahiz self-link
notableWork Kitab al-Bayan wa al-Tabyin
Kitab al-Bukhala
Kitab al-Hayawan
occupation author
biologist
essayist
literary critic
philologist
region Iraq
religion Islam
wroteAbout animals
human behavior
linguistic eloquence
politics
sociology

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Early Islamic period hasKeyFigure Al-Jahiz
this entity surface form: al-Jahiz
Muʿtazilite theology historicalFigureAssociated Al-Jahiz
this entity surface form: al-Jāḥiẓ
Al-Jahiz name Al-Jahiz self-link