At a glance
- Era
- The Early Abbasid Caliphate
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
In time
In space
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Overview
Al-Jahiz's own account
Al-Jahiz himself records an interview he claims to have had with al-Mutawakkil, who was anxious to entrust him with the education of his children but finally dismissed him because of his ugliness. The story falls within al-Mutawakkil's caliphate (232-247/847-861), when al-Jahiz was dividing his residence between Baghdad and Samarra 3.
Connections
- Had participant
- al-Jahiz
- Occurred at
- Samarra
- During the reign of
- al-Wathiq· al-Mutawakkil ala Allah
People and things also explored
Death of al-Wathiq· Fall of Ibn al-Zayyat nearly proves fatal to al-Jahiz· al-Mutawakkil ala Allah· al-Wathiq· Samarra· The Founding of al-Mutawakkiliyya· Hemiplegia strikes al-Jahiz in his last years at Basra· The Patrikioses' Killing of Yusuf al-Marwazi
Sources
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi , p. 486-487
- Wafayat al-A'yan wa-Anba' Abna' al-Zaman — Ibn Khallikan , p. 404
- Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (Leiden: Brill, 1954–2008), 13 volumes , vol. 2 p. 385
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “al-Jahiz presented to al-Mutawakkil as tutor, then dismissed”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/jahiz-mutawakkil-audience/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-09.
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