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al-Jahiz

Died in 868

Abu Uthman Amr ibn Bahr, known as al-Jahiz, was born around 776 in Basra, where he studied with the Mutazilite theologian al-Nazzam and the philologists Abu Ubayda and al-Asmai. He settled in Baghdad under the caliphate of al-Mamun, holding no post at court and living on patrons to whom he dedicated his books, then followed the court to Samarra. He is the author, among other works, of a Book of Animals and a great treatise on eloquence. Back in Basra, he died there in 868 or 869.

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