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Warsh (110-197AH), was a significant figure in the history of Quranic recitation ( qira'at ), the canonical methods of reciting the Qur'an . Alongside Qalun , he is one of the two primary transmitters of the canonical reading method of Nafi‘ al-Madani .1 Together, their style is the most common form of Qur'anic recitation in the generality of African mosques outside of Egypt, and is also popular in Yemen and Darfur despite the rest of Sudan following the method of Hafs . The method of Warsh and his counterpart Qalun was also the most popular method of recitation in Islamic Spain . The majority of printed Mushafs today in North Africa and West Africa follow the reading of Warsh. He died in 812CE. Taken from The Transmission of the Variant Readings of the Qur'an: The Problem of Tawaatur and the Emergence of Shawaadhdh .2Intr. by Huston Smith .3Small , Textual Criticism and Qur'an Manuscripts , pg. 27. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614 , pg. 145.4
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Muslim theologian of Quran (728–812) This article is about the canonical Qur'an reciter. Abu Sa'id Uthman Ibn Sa‘id al-Qutbi , better known as Warsh (110-197AH), was a significant figure in the history of Quranic recitation ( qira'at ), the canonical methods of reciting the Qur'an . Alongside Qalun , he was one of the two primary transmitters of the canonical reading method of Nafi‘ al-Madani . Together, their style is the most common form of Qur'anic recitation in the generality of African mosques outside of Egypt, and is also popular in Yemen and Darfur despite the rest of Sudan following the method of Hafs . The method of Warsh and his counterpart Qalun was also the most popular method of recitation in Al-Andalus . The majority of printed Mushafs today in North Africa and West Africa follow the reading of Warsh. He died in 812CE. The Transmission of the Variant Readings of the Qur??n: The Problem of Taw?tur and the Emergence of Shaw?dhdh .The Cambridge Companion to the Qur'ān .The New Encyclopedia of Islam . Textual Criticism and Qur'an Manuscripts . Darfur's Political Economy: A quest for development . Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614 .
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Muslim theologian of Quran (728–812) This article is about the canonical Qur'an reciter. Abu Sa'id Uthman Ibn Sa‘id al-Qebṭi , better known as Warsh (110-197AH), was a significant figure in the history of Quranic recitation ( qira'at ), the canonical methods of reciting the Qur'an . Alongside Qalun , he was one of the two primary transmitters of the canonical reading method of Nafi‘ al-Madani . Together, their style is the most common form of Qur'anic recitation in the generality of African mosques outside of Egypt, and is also popular in Yemen and Darfur despite the rest of Sudan following the method of Hafs . The method of Warsh and his counterpart Qalun was also the most popular method of recitation in Al-Andalus . The majority of printed Mushafs today in North Africa and West Africa follow the reading of Warsh. He died in 812CE. The Transmission of the Variant Readings of the Qur??n: The Problem of Taw?tur and the Emergence of Shaw?dhdh . The Cambridge Companion to the Qur'ān . The New Encyclopedia of Islam . Textual Criticism and Qur'an Manuscripts . Darfur's Political Economy: A quest for development . Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614 .
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