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Also written as: أبو أحمد عبد الله بن الحسين بن حسون السامري، عبدالله بن الحسين
The register links these spellings as one person.
d. 386 AH / 996–997 CE No. 8, 11 in the chains from the Prophet ﷺ مصر
Abu Ahmad Abd Allah b. al-Husayn b. Hasnun al-Samarri of Baghdad, resident in Egypt, a reciter and philologist with the highest chain of his time. He read with al-Ushnani, Ibn Mujahid, Ibn Shanbudh, Ibn Abdan, al-Qafilani and many others. Al-Dani judged him reliable but said his memory weakened in his long old age. Abu al-Fath Faris b. Ahmad, his most exact student, read with him. He died in Egypt on 22 Muharram 386 AH.
Each route above this person as the published certificates write it, with its own number; the smallest number is the highest chain.
1. no. 8 from the Prophet ﷺ · through أحمد بن يوسف القافلاني · قراءة الإمام عاصم الكوفي براوييه شعبة وحفص (7) · رواية الإمام شعبة بن عياش عن عاصم (2) · on 9 certificates
The certificates on this route: TEF8M4XZ UGD9P5UQ KE7MEVD8 SSR345QZ 9Z764S9E JUD7ZSTK 2U6JUURE JZXJWB9D PQSCT3CM
2. no. 8 from the Prophet ﷺ · through أحمد بن الباقلاني · أبي بكر شعبة عن عاصم · on one certificate
3. no. 11 from the Prophet ﷺ · through أبي الحسين بن بويان · خلف وخلاد عن حمزة · on one certificate
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