Al-Jahiz

Author of The Book of Misers: Al-Bukhala (Great Books of Islamic Civilization)

Includes the names: Jahiz, D. Jahiz, Abu Uthman al-Jahiz, Abu'Uthman Amr Ibn Bahr Al-Jahiz, Abu Utman Amru ibn Bahr al- Gahiz

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The Book of Misers: Al-Bukhala (Great Books of Islamic Civilization) 6 copies
The Book of Misers 6 copies
Chance or Creation?: God's Design in the Universe 6 copies
Book of the Glory of the Black Race 4 copies
Ephèbes et courtisanes 3 copies
The book of the glory of the Black race =: Kitab Fakhr As-Sudan Ê¾Ala… 2 copies
Nine Essays of Al-Jahiz (American University Studies Series VII, Theology… 2 copies
The Life and Works of Jahiz. Translations of selected texts by Charles… 1 copy
Rasa'il al-Jahiz 1 copy
Livre de la Couronne 1 copy
Il principe musulmano (Corpus Arabo Islamico) 1 copy

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Jahiz, Abu Uthman Amr ibn Bahr ibn Mahbub al-

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c. 0776

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0868/9

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Basra (birth ∙ death ∙ now Iraq)

Baghdad

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