and al-Musallam ibn ‘Allan, and others. He passed away in Rajab (1) of the year 610 AH, at the age of sixty-eight; he was the grandfather of our own teacher Ahmad ibn Hibat Allah.

22 – Abu Ja‘far ibn Yahya, Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Himyari *

The preacher and leading scholar of Cordoba, Abu Ja‘far (2) Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Ibrahim ibn Yahya al-Himyari, al-Kutami, al-Qurtubi.

He was born around the year 520 AH.

He transmitted from Yunus ibn Mughith, Ja‘far ibn Muhammad ibn Makki, Shurayh ibn Muhammad, and—by written licence—from Abu ‘Abd Allah al-Mazari.

He also heard narrations from Abu ‘Abd Allah ibn Makki and Abu ‘Abd Allah ibn Najah; he learned the Seven Readings from ‘Ayyash ibn Faraj and others. He produced independent transmissions, occupied the teaching chair for Qur’anic recitation for a time, and was an authority in Arabic and other sciences.

Among those who reported from him was Ibn Musdi, by licence, who was better known as Ibn al-Wazghi (3).

He died in Safar, 610 AH, at the age of ninety.