[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › People › ʿAmr b. Bahr al-Jahiz # ʿAmr b. Bahr al-Jahiz (ʿAmr b. Baḥr al-Jāḥiẓ) Basran prose writer and Muʿtazilī theologian; author of the Book of Animals and the Book of Eloquence, both with much on India. ## Works (1) - [Works of al-Jāḥiẓ (الجاحظ)](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.adab.jahiz) — 776–869 CE --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/person/jahiz](https://indike.org/pramana/person/jahiz) · Pramāṇa