# Al-Jahiz

> A 9th-century polymath whose sprawling observations of animal behavior anticipated natural selection by a thousand years, and whose prose style set the standard for Arabic literature.

*Arabic writer (776–869)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/al-jahiz

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Writer / Author
- **Category:** Writers
- **Born:** 775
- **Died:** 868
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Abu Uthman Amr ibn Bahr al-Kinani al-Basri, called al-Jahiz ("the bug eyed"), was born around 776 in Basra and became a scribe and teacher before rising into the literary circle of Abbasid caliph al-Ma'mun around 815. Aligned with the rationalist Mu'tazilite school, he wrote across theology, zoology, philosophy, linguistics, and rhetoric, producing nearly 140 works — 75 survive. His seven-volume Kitāb al-Ḥayawān used animals as a lens for principles now recognized as ethology and ecosystem function; Kitāb al-Bayān wa-l-tabyīn explored human communication; Kitāb al-Bukhalāʾ collected sharp anecdotes on miserliness. One of the first Muslims to work with Arabic biblical translations, he wrote until his death in 868 or 869. Tradition holds that a toppled wall of books buried him.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 56.0 / 100
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## Topics
#Academics, #Writer / Author, #Literature, #Poetry, #Biology, #History, #Philosophy, #Medieval Era

## Sources
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q293497)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Jahiz)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Al-Jahiz)
- [Əl-Cahiz](https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C6%8Fl-Cahiz)
- [ইমাম জাহিজ](https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE_%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%9C)
- [Al-Jàhidh](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-J%C3%A0hidh)
- [ئەلجاحز](https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A6%DB%95%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%AD%D8%B2)
- [Al-Džáhiz](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-D%C5%BE%C3%A1hiz)
- [Al-Dschāhiz](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Dsch%C4%81hiz)
- [Al-Ĝahiz](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-%C4%9Cahiz)
- [Al-Jahiz](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Jahiz)
- [جاحظ](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%AD%D8%B8)
- [Al-Jahiz](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Jahiz)
- [Al-Jahiz](https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Jahiz)
- [אל-ג'אחז](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%9C-%D7%92'%D7%90%D7%97%D7%96)
- [अल-जाहिज़](https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%B2-%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BC)
- [Al-Jahiz](https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Jahiz)
- [Amr ibn Bahr al-Dzsáhiz](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amr_ibn_Bahr_al-Dzs%C3%A1hiz)
- [Ալ-Ջահիզ](https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B1%D5%AC-%D5%8B%D5%A1%D5%B0%D5%AB%D5%A6)
- [Al Jahiz](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Jahiz)
- [Al-Jāḥiẓ](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-J%C4%81%E1%B8%A5i%E1%BA%93)
- [ジャーヒズ](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%92%E3%82%BA)
- [알자히즈](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%8C%EC%9E%90%ED%9E%88%EC%A6%88)
- [الجاحِظ](https://ks.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%AD%D9%90%D8%B8)
- [Cahiz](https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cahiz)
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- [Wikiquote](https://az.wikiquote.org/wiki/%C6%8Fl-Cahiz)
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- [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Al-Jahiz)
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