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PRINCIPAL WORKS

Rasa'il al-Jahiz (essay) 1352

* Al-Hayawan. 7 vols. [The Book of Animals] (essay) 1356-64

Al-Bukhala [The Book of Misers] (essay) 1359

Al-Qiyan [The Book of Singing Slave Girls] (essay) 1935

Al-Bayan wa al-Tabyin. 4 vols. [The Book of Eloquence and Exposition] (essay) 1367-70

'Uthmaniyya (essay) 1374

Al-Bursan wal-'Urjan wal-'Umyan was-Hulan [The Lepers, the Lame, the Blind and the Cross-Eyed] (essay) 1972

*This title is also translated as The Book of Life.

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1. Introduction
2. Principal Works
3. Criticism
   1. Ibn Khallikan (essay date 1843)
   2. Mathias Zahniser (essay date 1979)
   3. A. H. Mathias Zahniser (essay date 1980)
   4. Jacob Lassner (essay date 1980)
   5. Fedwa Malti-Douglas (essay date 1985)
   6. Yusuf Abu'l-'Addus (essay date 1987)
   7. William M. Hutchins (essay date 1989)
   8. Charles Pellat (essay date 1990)
4. Further Reading
5. Copyright