Al-Jahiz and His Age
الجاحظ وعصره
A trail through Basra's greatest man of letters.
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5steps · 30min · newcomer · student
Al-Jahiz
عمرو بن بحر: البيان والحيوان والبخلاء.
The writing
أسلوب الجاحظ: علم بلباقة الدعابة.
The Tanukhis
قاضي القضاة وأسرته: أدب الدواوين.
Ibn Qutayba
عيون الأخبار وأدب الكاتب.
Baghdad
سوق الوراقين: أدب يُباع بالقيراط.
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Overview
A path through the most famous literary figure of Basra: al-Jahiz writes al-Bayan wa al-Tabyin and Kitab al-Hayawan, and his contemporaries al-Tanukhi. The literary Baghdad.
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- Wikidata
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islam.museum contributors. “Al-Jahiz and His Age”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/exhibits/path-adab-jahiz/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-18.