Al-Ashnani
Primary transmitter of the Qira'at (died 919 CE)
About Al-Ashnani
Al-Ashnani (841 - 919 CE/ 227 - 14th Muharram 307 AH) (Arabic: الأشناني) was a famous qur'an and hadith reciter. He was equally famous in both disciplines. He lived during the time of the Abbasid Caliphate, during the period of the fracture into autonomous dynasties. Baghdad had moved from the capital of a great empire towards a period of declining power at this time.
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primary transmitter of the Qira'at (died 919 CE)
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