Standing in the register Known
Also written as: الإمام أمير القراء أبي عمرو زبان الدين بن العلاء، أبو عمرو البصري، الإمام أبو عمرو البصري
The register links these spellings as one person.
68 – 154 AH / 687/88 – 770/71 CE No. 4 in the chain from the Prophet ﷺ
Abu Amr Zabban ibn al-Ala of Basra, one of the seven canonical readers and a leading grammarian, was born in Mecca and grew up in Basra. He read with many teachers including Abu Ja'far Yazid ibn al-Qa'qa', Shayba ibn Nisah, Sa'id ibn Jubayr and Abu al-Aliya. Yahya al-Yazidi transmitted his reading, and al-Duri and al-Susi transmitted it from al-Yazidi. He died in Kufa, in 154 AH according to most.
Each route above this person as the published certificates write it, with its own number; the smallest number is the highest chain.
1. no. 4 from the Prophet ﷺ · through مجاهد بن جبر · أبو عمرو البصري برواية الدوري والسوسي · on one certificate
2. no. 4 from the Prophet ﷺ · through الإمام أبي جعفر يزيد بن القعقاع المخزومي المدني التابعي · قراءة الإمام عاصم براويتي حفص وشعبة · on one certificate
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