Abu al-Faraj Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Shanbudhi al-Muqri'

أبو الفرج محمد بن أحمد الشنبوذي المقري

c. 912 CE · 300 AH – c. January 998 CE · Safar 388 AH

Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Ibrahim, Abu al-Faraj the reciter, known as Ghulam al-Shanbudhi, born in 300. He read under Abu al-Hasan Ibn Shanbudh and wrote on the readings. Abu al-Fadl Ubayd Allah ibn Ahmad al-Sayrafi said his standing was great and described his command of the readings and his memory for tafsir; he said, 'I heard him say, I memorised fifty thousand lines of verse as evidence for the Qur'an.' Al-Daraqutni spoke of him both harshly and in praise. He died in Safar 388, though some say 387 ¹.