Ibn Kathir al-Makki

Abū Maʿbad (or Abū Bakr) ʿAbd Allāh ibn Kathīr al-Dārānī al-Makkī, better known as Ibn Kathir al-Makki (665–737 CE [45–120 AH]), was one of the transmitters of the seven canonical Qira'at, or methods of reciting the Qur'an. His recitations were generally popular among the people of Mecca.

Biography
Al-Makki was born in Mecca and was one of the Tabi‘un. His family was of Iranian origin and were immigrants to Yemen. Al-Makki was a mawla ("freedman") of Amr ibn Alkama al-Kinani.

Al-Makki met the companions of Muhammad Anas ibn Malik and Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr, and he learned his recitation method from a student of Muhammad companion Abd Allah ibn Abbas who in turn learned from Ubay ibn Ka'b and Zayd ibn Thabit who both learned directly from Muhammad. Al-Shafi‘i, the namesake of one of the four primary schools of thought in Sunni Islam, preferred to recite the Qur'an according to al-Makki's method.

He died in the year 737CE. The two primary transmitters of his method of recitation, Al-Bazzi and Qunbul, were Persian and Meccan respectively.

Ten readers and transmitters

 * Nafi‘ al-Madani
 * Qalun
 * Warsh
 * Ibn Kathir al-Makki
 * Al-Bazzi
 * Qunbul
 * Abu 'Amr ibn al-'Ala'
 * Ad-Duri
 * Al-Susi
 * Ibn Amir ad-Dimashqi
 * Hisham
 * Ibn Dhakwan
 * Aasim ibn Abi al-Najud
 * Shu'bah
 * Hafs
 * Hamzah az-Zaiyyat
 * Khalaf
 * Khallad
 * Al-Kisa'i
 * Al-Layth
 * Ad-Duri
 * Abu Ja'far
 * 'Isa ibn Waddan
 * Ibn Jummaz
 * Ya'qub al-Yamani
 * Ruways
 * Rawh
 * Khalaf
 * Ishaq
 * Idris