Al-Jahiz - Further Reading
FURTHER READING
Biography
Pellat, Ch. "Al-DJahiz." In The Encyclopaedia of Islam, edited by B. Lewis, Ch. Pellat, and J. Schacht, pp. 385-87. London: Luzac & Co., 1965.
Offers an overview of al-Jahiz's life and writings.
Criticism
Abbott, Nabia. "Early Islamic Historiography." In Studies in Arabic Literary Papyri I: Historical Texts, pp. 19-22. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1957.
Argues that although al-Jahiz favored the Abbasid, he wrote about Umayyad achievements.
Hitti, Philip K. "Scientific and Literary Progress." In History of the Arabs: From the Earliest Times to the Present, pp. 382-83. London: Macmillan & Co., 1964.
Discusses al-Jahiz's contributions to scientific thought but argues that he is more significant as a philosopher.
Mansur, Said H. The World-View of Al-Jahiz in Kitab...
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