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Al-Jahiz
al-Jāḥiẓ (full name Abū ʿUthman ʿAmr ibn Baḥr al-Kinānī al-Baṣrī ) (born 776, in Basra – December 868/January 869) was an Arabic prose writer and author of works of literature, Mu'tazili theology, and politico-religious polemics.
Al-Jāhiz (crater)
Al-Jāhiz is a crater on Mercury. It has a diameter of 91 kilometers. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 1976. Al-Hamadhani is named for the Arab writer Al-Jahiz, who died in 869 C.E.