Abu ‘Isa Khallad Ibn Khalid al-Baghdadi, best known as Khallad (?-220AH),Muhammad Ghoniem and MSM Saifullah

(c) Islamic Awareness. Updated January 8, 2002; accessed April 11, 2016. was a significant early figure in the

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,Aisha Bewley
The Seven Qira'at of the Qur'an

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. Accessed April 18, 2016. or variant methods of reciting the

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Khalaf al-Bazzar Abu Muhammad Khalaf ibn Hisham ibn Tha'lab al-Asadi al-Bazzar al-Baghdadi, better known as Khalaf (150–229AH, -844CE), was an important figure in the history of the Qur'an and the Qira'at, or method of recitation. In addition to being a transmitt ...

were the two primary transmitters of the

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Hamzah az-Zaiyyat Abu ‘Imarah Hamzah Ibn Habib al-Zayyat al-Taymi, better known as Hamzah az-Zaiyyat (80-156AH), Edward SellThe Faith of Islam pg. 341. Abingdon-on-Thames: Routledge, 2013 reprint. Muhammad Ghoniem and MSM SaifullahThe Ten Readers & Their Transmit ...

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, 2006. Although Khallad was one of the primary transmitters of Qur'an recitation, he rarely taught the skill, and when he did so, he only taught a small number of select individuals. He was known for being one of the more meticulous reciters.

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, pg. 99. Trns.

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, 1998. He died in the year 835CE.

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