Depth
At a glance
- Roles
- Scholar · teacher
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Life in time
Summary
Abu Muhammad Makki ibn Abi Talib ibn Hammush al-Qaysi the muqri'; originally of Qayrawan, he moved to al-Andalus and settled at Cordoba — among the deeply versed in the sciences of the Qur'an and Arabic, of fine understanding and character, prolific in Qur'anic works which he mastered and perfected, versed in the seven readings and their meanings; he emigrated to Egypt at thirteen and frequented the tutors, completed the Qur'an at Qayrawan in 374, then returned to Egypt a second time in 377. 1
Sources
- Wafayat al-A'yan wa-Anba' Abna' al-Zaman — Ibn Khallikan
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islam.museum contributors. “Makki ibn Abi Talib”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/makki-ibn-abi-talib/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.