At a glance
- Era
- The Early Abbasid Caliphate
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
In time
In space
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History-writing and social thought
Overview
In Baghdad al-Jahiz attached himself to the vizier Muhammad ibn Abd al-Malik al-Zayyat; when al-Zayyat fell from favour in 233/847 the fall almost proved fatal to both men 1.
His patrons after al-Zayyat
After al-Zayyat's fall al-Jahiz attached himself successively to the chief qadi Ahmad ibn Abi Du'ad (d. 240/854) and his son Muhammad (d. 239/853), and finally to al-Fath ibn Khakan (d. 247/861), while retaining ample independence — he was never a courtier 1.
Connections
People and things also explored
al-Jahiz's works on the imamate win al-Ma'mun's praise· Mu'izz al-Dawla grants the Sawad as iqta' to his commanders and troops, 334 AH· al-Tabari's History reaches the year 302 in dictation· Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi· Surat al-Ard (Ibn Hawqal)· The Nizamiyya Madrasa of Baghdad· Bayt al-Hikma — the House of Wisdom· The 'Adudi Bimaristan
Sources
- Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (Leiden: Brill, 1954–2008), 13 volumes , vol. 2 p. 385
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Fall of Ibn al-Zayyat nearly proves fatal to al-Jahiz”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/jahiz-zayyat-fall-233/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-01.
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