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Year: 1971
Al-Jahiz (776–869 CE)
Abu Uthman Amr ibn Bahr al-Kinani, universally known as Al-Jahiz (776–869 CE), was a towering Afro-Arab prose writer, scholar, and polymath who flourished in Basra and Baghdad during the golden age of the Abbasid Caliphate. Renowned for his razor-sharp wit and mastery of classical Arabic prose, he authored over two hundred works spanning literature, theology, political polemics, and biology. His magnum opus, Kitab al-Hayawan (The Book of Animals), is celebrated not only as a massive compendium of poetic lore and zoology but also as a pioneering text that introduced early concepts of an environmental struggle for existence, the transformation of species, and food chains centuries before modern evolutionary theory. A brilliant observer of human nature, his satirical sociological masterpiece Kitab al-Bukhala (The Book of Misers) remains a definitive study of human psychology and economic behavior, cementing his legacy as one of the most influential intellectuals in Islamic history.
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Apollo 11 Moon Mission - 2 riyal
Apollo 11 Moon Mission - 1.25 riyal
Apollo 11 Moon Mission - 60 dirham
Apollo Project Commemorative - 2 riyal
Apollo Project Commemorative - 1.2 riyal
Apollo Project Commemorative - 1 riyal
Apollo Project Commemorative - 80 dirham
Apollo Project Commemorative - 70 dirham
Apollo Project Commemorative - 40 dirham
Apollo Project Commemorative - 30 dirham
Apollo Project Commemorative - 20 dirham
Apollo Project Commemorative - 10 dirham
Apollo Project Commemorative - 5 dirham
Toward the Peaceful Development of Space - 5 naye paise
Toward the Peaceful Development of Space - 5 naye paise
Cap Gemini VI and VII - 1 rupee
Cap Gemini VI and VII - 50 naye paise
Cap Gemini VI and VII - 40 naye paise
Cap Gemini VI and VII - 5 naye paise
Cap Gemini VI and VII - 4 naye paise
Cap Gemini VI and VII - 3 naye paise
Cap Gemini VI and VII - 2 naye paise
Cap Gemini VI and VII - 1 naye paise
