Abu Qays ibn Abd Manaf ibn Zuhra

أبو قيس بن عبد مناف بن زهرة

a Qurashi who learned the script with Sufyan ibn Umayya from Bishr ibn Abd al-Malik.

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Abu Qays ibn Abd Manaf ibn Zuhra, one of the scribes of Quraysh. He learned writing together with Sufyan ibn Umayya under Bishr ibn Abd al-Malik. 1

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The Devising and Spread of Arabic Script

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Amr ibn Zurara ibn Udas· Bishr ibn Abd al-Malik· Ghaylan ibn Salama al-Thaqafi· Sufyan ibn Umayya ibn Abd Shams· al-Hira· The Devising and Spread of Arabic Script

Sources

  1. Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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Amr ibn Zurara ibn Udas

of Mudar's lands, learned the script from Bishr — he is called Amr the Scribe.