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Book/Printed Material The Book of Eloquence and Oratory.

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Title

  • The Book of Eloquence and Oratory.

Summary

  • Abu Uthman Amr ibn Bahr al-Kinani (776--869 AD; 163--255 AH), nicknamed Al-Jahiz for his bulging eyes, was a leading literary figure who lived during the early Abbasid era. He was born and died in Basra, Iraq. It was said that his grandfather was a slave from East Africa. Al-Jahiz was a prolific writer on subjects ranging from theology, to politics, to manners, who left many highly significant works. He is credited with having profoundly shaped the rules of Arabic prose. Al-Jahiz's Al-Bayan wa al-Tabyeen (The book of eloquence and oratory) is considered his second most important book after al-Hayawan (Animals). The book comprises selections from literary works, including orations, poems, commentaries, and treatises. It considers the rhetoric and oratory of the major public figures of the Islamic world. The book helped to establish the early scholarly foundations for Arabic rhetoric and language philosophy.

Names

  • Jāḥiẓ, died 868 or 9 Author.

Created / Published

  • Cairo : [publisher not identified], [1893 to 1895]

Headings

  • -  800 to 869
  • -  Arabic literature
  • -  Arabic poetry
  • -  Eloquence
  • -  Oratory
  • -  Poetry
  • -  Rhetoric

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: 24 centimeters.
  • -  Original resource at: Bibliotheca Alexandrina.
  • -  Content in Arabic.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Source Collection

  • Arabic and Islamic Science and Its Influence on the Western Scientific Tradition: Mathematics

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021666189

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Jāḥiẓ, Died 868 Or 9 Author. The Book of Eloquence and Oratory. [Cairo: Publisher Not Identified, to 1895, 1893] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021666189/.

APA citation style:

Jāḥiẓ, D. 8. O. 9. A. (1893) The Book of Eloquence and Oratory. [Cairo: Publisher Not Identified, to 1895] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021666189/.

MLA citation style:

Jāḥiẓ, Died 868 Or 9 Author. The Book of Eloquence and Oratory. [Cairo: Publisher Not Identified, to 1895, 1893] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021666189/>.