Principal Works
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Rasa'il al-Jahiz (essay) 1352
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* 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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