He left behind a number of children, nine sons in all. Their names are:

• Muḥammad—al-Amīn—the eldest.
• al-Muʿtaṣim.
• Abū ʿĪsā, the most handsome man of his day in Baghdad, a gifted poet; d. 209 AH.
• Abū Ayyūb, whose verse was polished and graceful.
• Abū Aḥmad, witty, convivial, and a poet; he lived to an advanced age and died in the month of Ramaḍān, 254 AH.
• Abū ʿAlī, d. 231 AH.
• Abū al-ʿAbbās, who was slow-witted and careless. They drilled him for some time to say, “May Allah magnify your reward,” but when he went to offer condolences he became flustered and asked, “What happened to So-and-so?” They answered, “He died.” He said, “Good. And what did you do with him?” They replied, “We buried him.” He said, “Good.”
• Abū Yaʿqūb, d. 223 AH.
• The ninth: Abū Sulaymān.

Ibn Jarīr al-Ṭabarī mentioned him. (1)

82 – Warsh, ʿUthmān ibn Saʿīd ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAmr al-Qibṭī

He was the leading Qurʾān reciter in the Egyptian domains: Abū Saʿīd—also called Abū ʿAmr—ʿUthmān ibn Saʿīd ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAmr.

It is said that his grandfather was ʿAdī ibn Ghazwān al-Qibṭī al-Ifrīqī, a client of the house of al-Zubayr.

Some reported that he was born in 110 AH.

He completed many thorough readings with Nāfiʿ, who nicknamed him “Warsh” because of his extreme fairness; in local usage warsh denotes a dairy product.

Others said the name came from a bird called warshān, later shortened. He never minded the sobriquet and would say, “Nāfiʿ, my teacher, is the one who named me so.”