Atlas
About this atlas
The atlas holds the chains of transmission from the Prophet as the standard references and the classical sources record them: the Sufi orders, the chains of Qurʾān recitation, the teachers of the schools of law and ḥadīth, and the lines of the Prophet's family, with the places they spread and the living houses and teachers who carry them today. Every link shows its sources; where they differ, both readings are shown, and we do not rule on any community's claims. Ibn ʿArabī's own life, teachers and readers are on their own page.
البزي
al-Bazzī (Aḥmad b. Muḥammad)
Died 250 AH · born 170 AH · Mecca
Rāwī of Ibn Kathīr; muezzin and head of recitation teaching in Mecca
Sources for this person
The chain up to the Prophet
Dates are given where the sources give them. Years are CE; the Hijri year is in each name's detail.
Route 1 of 3, the best-sourced: Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings. Tap a rule to read its basis, sources and checks.
- The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
two sourcesin Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings
read the Qurʾān to · The Prophet Muhammad to Ubayy b. Kaʿb · Two independent sources
Ibn al-Jazarī: the Companion read the Qurʾān to the Messenger of God (the isnād ends here in each chain).
Ibn al-Jazarī, al-Nashr fī l-qirāʾāt al-ʿashr, OpenITI 0833IbnJazari.Nashr.Shamela0022642-ara1, lines 2836-2840Checked against
- Ibn al-Jazarī, Ghāyat al-nihāya (same author as al-Nashr; not independent), 0833IbnJazari.GhayatNihaya.Shamela0012040-ara1.completed#L789 · agrees (not independent)Entry: he read the Qurʾān to the Prophet.
- al-Dhahabī, Maʿrifat al-qurrāʾ al-kibār, 0748Dhahabi.MacrifaQurraKibar.Shamela0008349-ara2#L193 · agreesEntry: he read the Qurʾān to the Prophet.
- al-Dānī, al-Taysīr fī l-qirāʾāt al-sabʿ, 0444AbuCamrDani.TaysirFiQiraatSabc.Shamela0005527-ara1#L136-L140 · agreesRijāl of Nāfiʿ: chain ends Ubayy, then the Prophet.
Ubayy b. Kaʿbأبي بن كعب654two sourcesin Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings
read the Qurʾān to · Ubayy b. Kaʿb to ʿAbd Allāh b. ʿAbbās · Two independent sources
Ibn ʿAbbās read to Ubayy b. Kaʿb and to Zayd b. Thābit.
Ibn al-Jazarī, al-Nashr fī l-qirāʾāt al-ʿashr, OpenITI 0833IbnJazari.Nashr.Shamela0022642-ara1, lines 2834-2837Checked against
- Ibn al-Jazarī, Ghāyat al-nihāya (same author as al-Nashr; not independent), 0833IbnJazari.GhayatNihaya.Shamela0012040-ara1.completed#L11895 · agrees (not independent)Entry: presented the whole Qurʾān to Ubayy and Zayd.
- al-Dhahabī, Maʿrifat al-qurrāʾ al-kibār, 0748Dhahabi.MacrifaQurraKibar.Shamela0008349-ara2#L371 · agreesEntry: read to Ubayy.
- al-Dānī, al-Taysīr fī l-qirāʾāt al-sabʿ, 0444AbuCamrDani.TaysirFiQiraatSabc.Shamela0005527-ara1#L141-L144 · agreesRijāl of Ibn Kathīr: Ibn ʿAbbās from Ubayy and Zayd.
ʿAbd Allāh b. ʿAbbāsعبد الله بن عباس687two sourcesin Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings
read the Qurʾān to · ʿAbd Allāh b. ʿAbbās to Dirbās, client of Ibn ʿAbbās · Two independent sources
Dirbās read to his patron Ibn ʿAbbās, who read to Ubayy and Zayd (see the Nāfiʿ line).
Ibn al-Jazarī, al-Nashr fī l-qirāʾāt al-ʿashr, OpenITI 0833IbnJazari.Nashr.Shamela0022642-ara1, lines 3049-3052Checked against
- Ibn al-Jazarī, Ghāyat al-nihāya (same author as al-Nashr; not independent), 0833IbnJazari.GhayatNihaya.Shamela0012040-ara1.completed#L7835 · agrees (not independent)Entry: presented to his master Ibn ʿAbbās.
- al-Dhahabī, Maʿrifat al-qurrāʾ al-kibār, 0748Dhahabi.MacrifaQurraKibar.Shamela0008349-ara2#L985 · agreesIbn Kathīr entry: Dirbās mawlā Ibn ʿAbbās.
- al-Dānī, al-Taysīr fī l-qirāʾāt al-sabʿ, 0444AbuCamrDani.TaysirFiQiraatSabc.Shamela0005527-ara1#L141-L144 · agreesRijāl of Ibn Kathīr: Dirbās took from Ibn ʿAbbās.
two sourcesin Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings
read the Qurʾān to · Dirbās, client of Ibn ʿAbbās to Ibn Kathīr al-Makkī · Two independent sources
Ibn Kathīr read to Dirbās.
Ibn al-Jazarī, al-Nashr fī l-qirāʾāt al-ʿashr, OpenITI 0833IbnJazari.Nashr.Shamela0022642-ara1, lines 3046-3049Checked against
- Ibn al-Jazarī, Ghāyat al-nihāya (same author as al-Nashr; not independent), 0833IbnJazari.GhayatNihaya.Shamela0012040-ara1.completed#L12353 · agrees (not independent)Entry: also read to Dirbās.
- al-Dhahabī, Maʿrifat al-qurrāʾ al-kibār, 0748Dhahabi.MacrifaQurraKibar.Shamela0008349-ara2#L985 · agreesEntry: read to Dirbās mawlā Ibn ʿAbbās.
- al-Dānī, al-Taysīr fī l-qirāʾāt al-sabʿ, 0444AbuCamrDani.TaysirFiQiraatSabc.Shamela0005527-ara1#L141-L144 · agreesRijāl of Ibn Kathīr: Dirbās.
Ibn Kathīr al-Makkīابن كثير المكيc. 738one sourcein Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readingsomits: ʿIkrima b. Sulaymān or Wahb b. Wāḍiḥ (Abū l-Ikhrīṭ) or ʿAbdallāh b. Ziyād; Ismāʿīl al-Qusṭ (who read to Ibn Kathīr and his companions Shibl b. ʿAbbād and Maʿrūf b. Mushkān). Al-Nashr adds al-Qawwās; Ghāyat, Dhahabī and Dānī do not give him for al-Bazzī.sources differ
read the Qurʾān to · Ibn Kathīr al-Makkī to al-Bazzī (Aḥmad b. Muḥammad) · One source
Per al-Nashr's own path, al-Bazzī and Qunbul read to al-Qawwās, who read to Abū l-Ikhrīṭ, to al-Qusṭ, who read to Ibn Kathīr. Per Ghāyat, al-Dhahabī and al-Dānī, al-Bazzī read to his father, ʿAbdallāh b. Ziyād, ʿIkrima b. Sulaymān and Abū l-Ikhrīṭ Wahb b. Wāḍiḥ, who read to al-Qusṭ, who read to Ibn Kathīr and his companions Shibl and Maʿrūf; al-Dhahabī records only 'it is said' that al-Bazzī also read to al-Qawwās. Ibn al-Jazarī counts al-Bazzī and Qunbul as Ibn Kathīr's two rāwīs.
Ibn al-Jazarī, al-Nashr fī l-qirāʾāt al-ʿashr, OpenITI 0833IbnJazari.Nashr.Shamela0022642-ara1, lines 3030-3043Checked against
- Ibn al-Jazarī, Ghāyat al-nihāya (same author as al-Nashr; not independent), 0833IbnJazari.GhayatNihaya.Shamela0012040-ara1.completed#L3208 · differs (not independent)Entry: al-Bazzī read to his father, ʿAbdallāh b. Ziyād, ʿIkrima b. Sulaymān and Wahb b. Wāḍiḥ; Ibn Kathīr is not his direct teacher; al-Qawwās not named.
- al-Dhahabī, Maʿrifat al-qurrāʾ al-kibār, 0748Dhahabi.MacrifaQurraKibar.Shamela0008349-ara2#L2333 · differsEntry: read to ʿIkrima, Abū l-Ikhrīṭ Wahb and ʿAbdallāh b. Ziyād, from Ismāʿīl al-Qusṭ.
- al-Dhahabī, Maʿrifat al-qurrāʾ al-kibār, 0748Dhahabi.MacrifaQurraKibar.Shamela0008349-ara2#L2415 · agreesQawwās entry: it is said that al-Bazzī also read to him.
- al-Dānī, al-Taysīr fī l-qirāʾāt al-sabʿ, 0444AbuCamrDani.TaysirFiQiraatSabc.Shamela0005527-ara1#L189-L203 · differsIsnād of al-Bazzī: ʿIkrima b. Sulaymān, then al-Qusṭ, then Ibn Kathīr; al-Qawwās not in this path.
Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.
- Ibn al-Jazarī adds that al-Bazzī also read to Abū l-Ikhrīṭ himself, to ʿIkrima b. Sulaymān and to ʿAbd Allāh b. Ziyād.Ibn al-Jazarī, al-Nashr fī l-qirāʾāt al-ʿashr, OpenITI 0833IbnJazari.Nashr.Shamela0022642-ara1, lines 3038-3042
- al-Bazzī's own teachers did not include al-Qawwās directly: Ghāyat entry, al-Dhahabī entry and al-Dānī's isnād route him through ʿIkrima b. Sulaymān, Abū l-Ikhrīṭ and ʿAbdallāh b. Ziyād to al-Qusṭ.Ibn al-Jazarī, Ghāyat al-nihāya (same author as al-Nashr; not independent), 0833IbnJazari.GhayatNihaya.Shamela0012040-ara1.completed#L3208al-Dhahabī, Maʿrifat al-qurrāʾ al-kibār, 0748Dhahabi.MacrifaQurraKibar.Shamela0008349-ara2#L2333al-Dhahabī, Maʿrifat al-qurrāʾ al-kibār, 0748Dhahabi.MacrifaQurraKibar.Shamela0008349-ara2#L2415al-Dānī, al-Taysīr fī l-qirāʾāt al-sabʿ, 0444AbuCamrDani.TaysirFiQiraatSabc.Shamela0005527-ara1#L189-L203
al-Bazzī (Aḥmad b. Muḥammad)البزيc. 864
Other routes (2)
Route 2 of 3: Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings
- The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
two sourcesin Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings
read the Qurʾān to · The Prophet Muhammad to Zayd b. Thābit · Two independent sources
Ibn al-Jazarī: the Companion read the Qurʾān to the Messenger of God (the isnād ends here in each chain).
Ibn al-Jazarī, al-Nashr fī l-qirāʾāt al-ʿashr, OpenITI 0833IbnJazari.Nashr.Shamela0022642-ara1, lines 2836-2840Checked against
- Ibn al-Jazarī, Ghāyat al-nihāya (same author as al-Nashr; not independent), 0833IbnJazari.GhayatNihaya.Shamela0012040-ara1.completed#L8309 · agrees (not independent)Entry: he read the Qurʾān to the Prophet.
- al-Dhahabī, Maʿrifat al-qurrāʾ al-kibār, 0748Dhahabi.MacrifaQurraKibar.Shamela0008349-ara2#L272 · agreesListed among the first ṭabaqa, those who read to the Messenger of God.
- al-Dānī, al-Taysīr fī l-qirāʾāt al-sabʿ, 0444AbuCamrDani.TaysirFiQiraatSabc.Shamela0005527-ara1#L141-L144 · agreesRijāl of Ibn Kathīr: Ibn ʿAbbās from Ubayy and Zayd, from the Prophet.
Zayd b. Thābitزيد بن ثابت665two sourcesin Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings
read the Qurʾān to · Zayd b. Thābit to ʿAbd Allāh b. ʿAbbās · Two independent sources
Ibn ʿAbbās read to Ubayy b. Kaʿb and to Zayd b. Thābit.
Ibn al-Jazarī, al-Nashr fī l-qirāʾāt al-ʿashr, OpenITI 0833IbnJazari.Nashr.Shamela0022642-ara1, lines 2834-2837Checked against
- Ibn al-Jazarī, Ghāyat al-nihāya (same author as al-Nashr; not independent), 0833IbnJazari.GhayatNihaya.Shamela0012040-ara1.completed#L11895 · agrees (not independent)Entry: presented to Ubayy and Zayd.
- al-Dhahabī, Maʿrifat al-qurrāʾ al-kibār, 0748Dhahabi.MacrifaQurraKibar.Shamela0008349-ara2#L371 · silentEntry does not state this link.
- al-Dānī, al-Taysīr fī l-qirāʾāt al-sabʿ, 0444AbuCamrDani.TaysirFiQiraatSabc.Shamela0005527-ara1#L141-L144 · agreesRijāl of Ibn Kathīr: Ibn ʿAbbās from Ubayy and Zayd.
ʿAbd Allāh b. ʿAbbāsعبد الله بن عباس687two sourcesin Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings
read the Qurʾān to · ʿAbd Allāh b. ʿAbbās to Dirbās, client of Ibn ʿAbbās · Two independent sources
Dirbās read to his patron Ibn ʿAbbās, who read to Ubayy and Zayd (see the Nāfiʿ line).
Ibn al-Jazarī, al-Nashr fī l-qirāʾāt al-ʿashr, OpenITI 0833IbnJazari.Nashr.Shamela0022642-ara1, lines 3049-3052Checked against
- Ibn al-Jazarī, Ghāyat al-nihāya (same author as al-Nashr; not independent), 0833IbnJazari.GhayatNihaya.Shamela0012040-ara1.completed#L7835 · agrees (not independent)Entry: presented to his master Ibn ʿAbbās.
- al-Dhahabī, Maʿrifat al-qurrāʾ al-kibār, 0748Dhahabi.MacrifaQurraKibar.Shamela0008349-ara2#L985 · agreesIbn Kathīr entry: Dirbās mawlā Ibn ʿAbbās.
- al-Dānī, al-Taysīr fī l-qirāʾāt al-sabʿ, 0444AbuCamrDani.TaysirFiQiraatSabc.Shamela0005527-ara1#L141-L144 · agreesRijāl of Ibn Kathīr: Dirbās took from Ibn ʿAbbās.
two sourcesin Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings
read the Qurʾān to · Dirbās, client of Ibn ʿAbbās to Ibn Kathīr al-Makkī · Two independent sources
Ibn Kathīr read to Dirbās.
Ibn al-Jazarī, al-Nashr fī l-qirāʾāt al-ʿashr, OpenITI 0833IbnJazari.Nashr.Shamela0022642-ara1, lines 3046-3049Checked against
- Ibn al-Jazarī, Ghāyat al-nihāya (same author as al-Nashr; not independent), 0833IbnJazari.GhayatNihaya.Shamela0012040-ara1.completed#L12353 · agrees (not independent)Entry: also read to Dirbās.
- al-Dhahabī, Maʿrifat al-qurrāʾ al-kibār, 0748Dhahabi.MacrifaQurraKibar.Shamela0008349-ara2#L985 · agreesEntry: read to Dirbās mawlā Ibn ʿAbbās.
- al-Dānī, al-Taysīr fī l-qirāʾāt al-sabʿ, 0444AbuCamrDani.TaysirFiQiraatSabc.Shamela0005527-ara1#L141-L144 · agreesRijāl of Ibn Kathīr: Dirbās.
Ibn Kathīr al-Makkīابن كثير المكيc. 738one sourcein Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readingsomits: ʿIkrima b. Sulaymān or Wahb b. Wāḍiḥ (Abū l-Ikhrīṭ) or ʿAbdallāh b. Ziyād; Ismāʿīl al-Qusṭ (who read to Ibn Kathīr and his companions Shibl b. ʿAbbād and Maʿrūf b. Mushkān). Al-Nashr adds al-Qawwās; Ghāyat, Dhahabī and Dānī do not give him for al-Bazzī.sources differ
read the Qurʾān to · Ibn Kathīr al-Makkī to al-Bazzī (Aḥmad b. Muḥammad) · One source
Per al-Nashr's own path, al-Bazzī and Qunbul read to al-Qawwās, who read to Abū l-Ikhrīṭ, to al-Qusṭ, who read to Ibn Kathīr. Per Ghāyat, al-Dhahabī and al-Dānī, al-Bazzī read to his father, ʿAbdallāh b. Ziyād, ʿIkrima b. Sulaymān and Abū l-Ikhrīṭ Wahb b. Wāḍiḥ, who read to al-Qusṭ, who read to Ibn Kathīr and his companions Shibl and Maʿrūf; al-Dhahabī records only 'it is said' that al-Bazzī also read to al-Qawwās. Ibn al-Jazarī counts al-Bazzī and Qunbul as Ibn Kathīr's two rāwīs.
Ibn al-Jazarī, al-Nashr fī l-qirāʾāt al-ʿashr, OpenITI 0833IbnJazari.Nashr.Shamela0022642-ara1, lines 3030-3043Checked against
- Ibn al-Jazarī, Ghāyat al-nihāya (same author as al-Nashr; not independent), 0833IbnJazari.GhayatNihaya.Shamela0012040-ara1.completed#L3208 · differs (not independent)Entry: al-Bazzī read to his father, ʿAbdallāh b. Ziyād, ʿIkrima b. Sulaymān and Wahb b. Wāḍiḥ; Ibn Kathīr is not his direct teacher; al-Qawwās not named.
- al-Dhahabī, Maʿrifat al-qurrāʾ al-kibār, 0748Dhahabi.MacrifaQurraKibar.Shamela0008349-ara2#L2333 · differsEntry: read to ʿIkrima, Abū l-Ikhrīṭ Wahb and ʿAbdallāh b. Ziyād, from Ismāʿīl al-Qusṭ.
- al-Dhahabī, Maʿrifat al-qurrāʾ al-kibār, 0748Dhahabi.MacrifaQurraKibar.Shamela0008349-ara2#L2415 · agreesQawwās entry: it is said that al-Bazzī also read to him.
- al-Dānī, al-Taysīr fī l-qirāʾāt al-sabʿ, 0444AbuCamrDani.TaysirFiQiraatSabc.Shamela0005527-ara1#L189-L203 · differsIsnād of al-Bazzī: ʿIkrima b. Sulaymān, then al-Qusṭ, then Ibn Kathīr; al-Qawwās not in this path.
Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.
- Ibn al-Jazarī adds that al-Bazzī also read to Abū l-Ikhrīṭ himself, to ʿIkrima b. Sulaymān and to ʿAbd Allāh b. Ziyād.Ibn al-Jazarī, al-Nashr fī l-qirāʾāt al-ʿashr, OpenITI 0833IbnJazari.Nashr.Shamela0022642-ara1, lines 3038-3042
- al-Bazzī's own teachers did not include al-Qawwās directly: Ghāyat entry, al-Dhahabī entry and al-Dānī's isnād route him through ʿIkrima b. Sulaymān, Abū l-Ikhrīṭ and ʿAbdallāh b. Ziyād to al-Qusṭ.Ibn al-Jazarī, Ghāyat al-nihāya (same author as al-Nashr; not independent), 0833IbnJazari.GhayatNihaya.Shamela0012040-ara1.completed#L3208al-Dhahabī, Maʿrifat al-qurrāʾ al-kibār, 0748Dhahabi.MacrifaQurraKibar.Shamela0008349-ara2#L2333al-Dhahabī, Maʿrifat al-qurrāʾ al-kibār, 0748Dhahabi.MacrifaQurraKibar.Shamela0008349-ara2#L2415al-Dānī, al-Taysīr fī l-qirāʾāt al-sabʿ, 0444AbuCamrDani.TaysirFiQiraatSabc.Shamela0005527-ara1#L189-L203
al-Bazzī (Aḥmad b. Muḥammad)البزيc. 864
Route 3 of 3: Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings
- The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
two sourcesin Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings
read the Qurʾān to · The Prophet Muhammad to Ubayy b. Kaʿb · Two independent sources
Ibn al-Jazarī: the Companion read the Qurʾān to the Messenger of God (the isnād ends here in each chain).
Ibn al-Jazarī, al-Nashr fī l-qirāʾāt al-ʿashr, OpenITI 0833IbnJazari.Nashr.Shamela0022642-ara1, lines 2836-2840Checked against
- Ibn al-Jazarī, Ghāyat al-nihāya (same author as al-Nashr; not independent), 0833IbnJazari.GhayatNihaya.Shamela0012040-ara1.completed#L789 · agrees (not independent)Entry: he read the Qurʾān to the Prophet.
- al-Dhahabī, Maʿrifat al-qurrāʾ al-kibār, 0748Dhahabi.MacrifaQurraKibar.Shamela0008349-ara2#L193 · agreesEntry: he read the Qurʾān to the Prophet.
- al-Dānī, al-Taysīr fī l-qirāʾāt al-sabʿ, 0444AbuCamrDani.TaysirFiQiraatSabc.Shamela0005527-ara1#L136-L140 · agreesRijāl of Nāfiʿ: chain ends Ubayy, then the Prophet.
Ubayy b. Kaʿbأبي بن كعب654two sourcesin Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings
read the Qurʾān to · Ubayy b. Kaʿb to ʿAbd Allāh b. al-Sāʾib al-Makhzūmī · Two independent sources
ʿAbd Allāh b. al-Sāʾib read to Ubayy b. Kaʿb and ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb.
Ibn al-Jazarī, al-Nashr fī l-qirāʾāt al-ʿashr, OpenITI 0833IbnJazari.Nashr.Shamela0022642-ara1, lines 3049-3052Checked against
- Ibn al-Jazarī, Ghāyat al-nihāya (same author as al-Nashr; not independent), 0833IbnJazari.GhayatNihaya.Shamela0012040-ara1.completed#L11740 · agrees (not independent)Entry: read to Ubayy.
- al-Dhahabī, Maʿrifat al-qurrāʾ al-kibār, 0748Dhahabi.MacrifaQurraKibar.Shamela0008349-ara2#L393 · agreesEntry: read to Ubayy.
- al-Dānī, al-Taysīr fī l-qirāʾāt al-sabʿ, 0444AbuCamrDani.TaysirFiQiraatSabc.Shamela0005527-ara1#L141-L144 · agreesRijāl of Ibn Kathīr: ʿAbdallāh took from Ubayy himself.
ʿAbd Allāh b. al-Sāʾib al-Makhzūmīعبد الله بن السائب689two sourcesin Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readings
read the Qurʾān to · ʿAbd Allāh b. al-Sāʾib al-Makhzūmī to Ibn Kathīr al-Makkī · Two independent sources
Ibn Kathīr read to ʿAbd Allāh b. al-Sāʾib, to Mujāhid b. Jabr and to Dirbās, client of Ibn ʿAbbās.
Ibn al-Jazarī, al-Nashr fī l-qirāʾāt al-ʿashr, OpenITI 0833IbnJazari.Nashr.Shamela0022642-ara1, lines 3046-3049Checked against
- Ibn al-Jazarī, Ghāyat al-nihāya (same author as al-Nashr; not independent), 0833IbnJazari.GhayatNihaya.Shamela0012040-ara1.completed#L12353 · agrees (not independent)Entry: read to ʿAbdallāh b. al-Sāʾib per al-Dānī; al-Hamadhānī doubts it.
- al-Dhahabī, Maʿrifat al-qurrāʾ al-kibār, 0748Dhahabi.MacrifaQurraKibar.Shamela0008349-ara2#L985 · agreesEntry: read to ʿAbdallāh b. al-Sāʾib, Mujāhid and Dirbās.
- al-Dānī, al-Taysīr fī l-qirāʾāt al-sabʿ, 0444AbuCamrDani.TaysirFiQiraatSabc.Shamela0005527-ara1#L141-L144 · agreesRijāl of Ibn Kathīr: first of three.
Ibn Kathīr al-Makkīابن كثير المكيc. 738one sourcein Qirāʾāt: the ten canonical readingsomits: ʿIkrima b. Sulaymān or Wahb b. Wāḍiḥ (Abū l-Ikhrīṭ) or ʿAbdallāh b. Ziyād; Ismāʿīl al-Qusṭ (who read to Ibn Kathīr and his companions Shibl b. ʿAbbād and Maʿrūf b. Mushkān). Al-Nashr adds al-Qawwās; Ghāyat, Dhahabī and Dānī do not give him for al-Bazzī.sources differ
read the Qurʾān to · Ibn Kathīr al-Makkī to al-Bazzī (Aḥmad b. Muḥammad) · One source
Per al-Nashr's own path, al-Bazzī and Qunbul read to al-Qawwās, who read to Abū l-Ikhrīṭ, to al-Qusṭ, who read to Ibn Kathīr. Per Ghāyat, al-Dhahabī and al-Dānī, al-Bazzī read to his father, ʿAbdallāh b. Ziyād, ʿIkrima b. Sulaymān and Abū l-Ikhrīṭ Wahb b. Wāḍiḥ, who read to al-Qusṭ, who read to Ibn Kathīr and his companions Shibl and Maʿrūf; al-Dhahabī records only 'it is said' that al-Bazzī also read to al-Qawwās. Ibn al-Jazarī counts al-Bazzī and Qunbul as Ibn Kathīr's two rāwīs.
Ibn al-Jazarī, al-Nashr fī l-qirāʾāt al-ʿashr, OpenITI 0833IbnJazari.Nashr.Shamela0022642-ara1, lines 3030-3043Checked against
- Ibn al-Jazarī, Ghāyat al-nihāya (same author as al-Nashr; not independent), 0833IbnJazari.GhayatNihaya.Shamela0012040-ara1.completed#L3208 · differs (not independent)Entry: al-Bazzī read to his father, ʿAbdallāh b. Ziyād, ʿIkrima b. Sulaymān and Wahb b. Wāḍiḥ; Ibn Kathīr is not his direct teacher; al-Qawwās not named.
- al-Dhahabī, Maʿrifat al-qurrāʾ al-kibār, 0748Dhahabi.MacrifaQurraKibar.Shamela0008349-ara2#L2333 · differsEntry: read to ʿIkrima, Abū l-Ikhrīṭ Wahb and ʿAbdallāh b. Ziyād, from Ismāʿīl al-Qusṭ.
- al-Dhahabī, Maʿrifat al-qurrāʾ al-kibār, 0748Dhahabi.MacrifaQurraKibar.Shamela0008349-ara2#L2415 · agreesQawwās entry: it is said that al-Bazzī also read to him.
- al-Dānī, al-Taysīr fī l-qirāʾāt al-sabʿ, 0444AbuCamrDani.TaysirFiQiraatSabc.Shamela0005527-ara1#L189-L203 · differsIsnād of al-Bazzī: ʿIkrima b. Sulaymān, then al-Qusṭ, then Ibn Kathīr; al-Qawwās not in this path.
Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.
- Ibn al-Jazarī adds that al-Bazzī also read to Abū l-Ikhrīṭ himself, to ʿIkrima b. Sulaymān and to ʿAbd Allāh b. Ziyād.Ibn al-Jazarī, al-Nashr fī l-qirāʾāt al-ʿashr, OpenITI 0833IbnJazari.Nashr.Shamela0022642-ara1, lines 3038-3042
- al-Bazzī's own teachers did not include al-Qawwās directly: Ghāyat entry, al-Dhahabī entry and al-Dānī's isnād route him through ʿIkrima b. Sulaymān, Abū l-Ikhrīṭ and ʿAbdallāh b. Ziyād to al-Qusṭ.Ibn al-Jazarī, Ghāyat al-nihāya (same author as al-Nashr; not independent), 0833IbnJazari.GhayatNihaya.Shamela0012040-ara1.completed#L3208al-Dhahabī, Maʿrifat al-qurrāʾ al-kibār, 0748Dhahabi.MacrifaQurraKibar.Shamela0008349-ara2#L2333al-Dhahabī, Maʿrifat al-qurrāʾ al-kibār, 0748Dhahabi.MacrifaQurraKibar.Shamela0008349-ara2#L2415al-Dānī, al-Taysīr fī l-qirāʾāt al-sabʿ, 0444AbuCamrDani.TaysirFiQiraatSabc.Shamela0005527-ara1#L189-L203
al-Bazzī (Aḥmad b. Muḥammad)البزيc. 864
How to read the marks
- Two sources: a solid rule. Two independent references give the same link.
- One source: a lighter rule, so labelled.
- The community's own account: a dotted rule. The order tells it; we have not yet read it against a reference source.
- A gap in the rule: the sources omit names between the two. The label says which.
- The sources differ: tap the ≠ to read each reading with its source.
- A ring: a spiritual link, without a meeting (uwaysī).
Who received from al-Bazzī (Aḥmad b. Muḥammad)
No one is recorded below this person in the sources read.
How to cite
Mashraba Reader, Atlas of transmission, “al-Bazzī (Aḥmad b. Muḥammad)”, https://www.mashraba.org/atlas/figure/al-bazzi (data of 31 October 2026).