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Jahza al-Barmaki

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227:, on account of his bulging eyeballs. He nevertheless was a prominent member of the courtly society of his time, and appears in multiple anecdotes, associating with the grandees of the 362: 357: 382: 372: 377: 387: 231:'s court. Little of his work survives, apart from a few poems; most of them are known through a list in the 10th-century compendium 217:
describes him as "a man of very varied culture, but little religion, of doubtful morals and repulsive appearance"; he was nicknamed
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family, and a well-known scholar, singer, poet, and courtier of his time.
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Singer, poet, and Abbasīd courtier, close Companion of
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Singer, poet, and courtier of Caliph al-Mu'tamid era
241:, lute-playing, cooking, and a biography of Caliph 339: 145:Abu'l-Ḥasan Aḥmad ibn Jaʿfar al-Barmakī al-Nadīm 23:Abu'l-Ḥasan Aḥmad ibn Jaʿfar al-Barmaki al-Nadim 197:He was reportedly born in 839, the grandson of 363:10th-century people from the Abbasid Caliphate 358:9th-century people from the Abbasid Caliphate 171: 309:The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition 340: 286: 271: 383:10th-century Arabic-language writers 373:Courtiers from the Abbasid Caliphate 317:. Leiden: E. J. Brill. p. 389. 166:'popping out, bulging') and 156: 13: 378:10th-century Arabic-language poets 14: 399: 201:and great-grandson of the famous 388:Poets from the Abbasid Caliphate 323:10.1163/1573-3912_islam_SIM_1940 147:(839 – June/July 936), surnamed 223:by the Abbasid prince and poet 1: 252: 7: 237:, and include treatises on 219: 190:), was a descendant of the 10: 404: 280: 134: 105: 94: 78: 67: 59: 50:, Abbasid Caliphate (now 40: 28: 21: 114:Treatises on astrology, 249:in June/July 936. 83:Islamic Golden Age 229:Abbasid Caliphate 165: 142: 141: 123:Author of Caliph 74:player and Author 35:Abbasid Caliphate 395: 334: 275: 269: 222: 213:. The historian 203:Yahya al-Barmaki 189: 186: 179: 176: 173: 160: 158: 108: 63:Jahza al-Barmaki 60:Other names 19: 18: 403: 402: 398: 397: 396: 394: 393: 392: 338: 337: 283: 278: 270: 259: 255: 211:Harun al-Rashid 187: 180: 177: 174: 138:Jaʿfar ibn Musa 130: 106: 85: 55: 45: 36: 33: 24: 17: 12: 11: 5: 401: 391: 390: 385: 380: 375: 370: 365: 360: 355: 350: 336: 335: 282: 279: 277: 276: 274:, p. 389. 256: 254: 251: 225:Ibn al-Mu'tazz 215:Charles Pellat 199:Musa ibn Yahya 140: 139: 136: 132: 131: 129: 128: 121: 118: 115: 111: 109: 103: 102: 96: 95:Known for 92: 91: 80: 76: 75: 69: 65: 64: 61: 57: 56: 46: 42: 38: 37: 34: 30: 26: 25: 22: 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 400: 389: 386: 384: 381: 379: 376: 374: 371: 369: 366: 364: 361: 359: 356: 354: 351: 349: 346: 345: 343: 332: 328: 324: 320: 316: 312: 310: 305: 301: 297: 293: 289: 285: 284: 273: 268: 266: 264: 262: 257: 250: 248: 245:. He died at 244: 240: 236: 235: 230: 226: 221: 216: 212: 208: 204: 200: 195: 193: 184: 169: 163: 154: 150: 146: 137: 133: 126: 122: 119: 116: 113: 112: 110: 104: 101: 97: 93: 89: 84: 81: 77: 73: 70: 68:Occupation(s) 66: 62: 58: 53: 49: 44:June/July 936 43: 39: 31: 27: 20: 314: 307: 232: 196: 167: 148: 144: 143: 127:'s biography 117:Lute-playing 107:Notable work 304:Schacht, J. 300:Pellat, Ch. 288:Pellat, Ch. 272:Pellat 1965 243:al-Mu'tamid 125:al-Mu'tamid 100:Al-Muqtadir 88:Abbasid era 353:936 deaths 348:839 births 342:Categories 313:Volume II: 292:"D̲j̲aḥẓa" 253:References 234:al-Fihrist 168:al-Ṭunbūrī 368:Barmakids 331:495469475 296:Lewis, B. 239:astrology 306:(eds.). 290:(1965). 192:Barmakid 120:Cooking, 281:Sources 175:  164:  329:  302:& 207:vizier 205:, the 185:player 153:Arabic 135:Father 32:c. 839 294:. In 247:Wasit 220:Jaḥẓa 149:Jaḥẓa 48:Wasit 327:OCLC 183:lute 181:the 172:lit. 162:lit. 157:جحظة 72:Lute 52:Iraq 41:Died 29:Born 319:doi 315:C–G 209:of 79:Era 344:: 325:. 311:. 298:; 260:^ 159:, 155:: 333:. 321:: 188:' 178:' 170:( 151:( 90:) 86:( 54:)

Index

Wasit
Iraq
Lute
Islamic Golden Age
Abbasid era
Al-Muqtadir
al-Mu'tamid
Arabic
lit.
lute
Barmakid
Musa ibn Yahya
Yahya al-Barmaki
vizier
Harun al-Rashid
Charles Pellat
Ibn al-Mu'tazz
Abbasid Caliphate
al-Fihrist
astrology
al-Mu'tamid
Wasit




Pellat 1965
Pellat, Ch.
"D̲j̲aḥẓa"
Lewis, B.

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