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Al-Jahiz, an Uncommon card
Abu Uthman Amr ibn Bahr al-Kinani al-Basri, commonly known as al-Jahiz, was a Muslim theologian, intellectual, and litterateur known for his Arabic prose works.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 74
- DEF
- 73
- Power
- 147
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 55,000
Power 147 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Al-Jahiz quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Al-Jahiz card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
From about 815 CE, he rose to become one of the ______ figures around the Abbasid caliph al-Ma'mun.
Answer
literary. From about 815 CE, he rose to become one of the literary figures around the Abbasid caliph al-Ma'mun. From the Al-Jahiz article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Andrea Palladio. Andrea Palladio 80 · The Wizard of Oz 77 · Al-Jahiz 74 · Dirty Three 69 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Al-Jahiz. Al-Jahiz 55,000 · Ignatius Aphrem II 44,000 · The Wizard of Oz 32,000 · Silvana Armenulić 25,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- A polymath who lived during the Abbasid Caliphate, he was the author of works of literature, theology, zoology, philosophy, grammar, dialectics, rhetoric, philology, linguistics, and politico-religious polemics.
- His extensive zoological work has been credited with describing principles related to natural selection, ethology, and the functions of an ecosystem.
- From about 815 CE, he rose to become one of the literary figures around the Abbasid caliph al-Ma'mun.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Al-Jahiz article was read about 55,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 74 and blocks with 73: each hit it takes is cut by 29 %.
How to get Al-Jahiz
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Al-Jahiz (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Syrian Post, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
