Al-Jahiz
775–868
Arabic writer (776–869)
writer · poet · historian
Born in Basra
Contemporaries
People who walked the earth at the same time as Al-Jahiz:
- Charlemagne (742–814)
- Muḥammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi (780–850)
- Abu Nuwas (756–814)
- Alfred the Great (849–899)
- Harun al-Rashid (766–809)
- Jabir ibn Hayyan (721–815)
- Ādi Shankara (788–820)
- Abu Bakr al-Razi (866–925)
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