Kufa school of Quranic recitation
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The Kufa school of Quranic recitation is an early and influential Iraqi tradition of Qur’an reading and transmission, known for producing prominent reciters and distinctive canonical reading styles.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic scholarly tradition
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Quranic recitation school ⓘ |
| centeredIn | Kufa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| comparedWith |
Basra school of Quranic recitation
NERFINISHED
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Damascus school of Quranic recitation NERFINISHED ⓘ Mecca school of Quranic recitation NERFINISHED ⓘ Medina school of Quranic recitation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Iraq ⓘ |
| developedIn | early Islamic period ⓘ |
| field |
Quranic recitation
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Quranic sciences ⓘ |
| geographicalContext | Iraq NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
distinctive consonantal choices in some words
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distinctive vowelization patterns ⓘ particular rules of imalah and idgham ⓘ specific rules of tajwid ⓘ |
| hasNotableReciter |
Abu Bakr ibn ‘Ayyash
GENERATED
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Al-A‘mash GENERATED ⓘ Al-Kisa’i GENERATED ⓘ Asim ibn Abi al-Najud GENERATED ⓘ Hamzah az-Zayyat GENERATED ⓘ Sulayman al-A‘mash GENERATED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Hafs narration used in most printed Qurans today
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Quranic recitation in the Muslim world ⓘ canonical Quranic readings ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Companions of the Prophet in Kufa
NERFINISHED
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Iraqi Arabic dialects ⓘ |
| knownFor |
distinctive reading styles
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prominent Quran reciters ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| locatedInTime |
7th century
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8th century ⓘ |
| partOf |
Kufan scholarly tradition
NERFINISHED
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seven canonical readings tradition ⓘ ten canonical readings tradition ⓘ |
| producedCanonicalReading |
Qira’at of Al-Kisa’i
NERFINISHED
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Qira’at of Asim NERFINISHED ⓘ Qira’at of Hamzah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| scholarlyDiscipline | Qira’at ⓘ |
| transmissionMethod |
ijazah chains of authority
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oral transmission ⓘ |
| transmittedVia |
Abu al-Harith ‘an Al-Kisa’i
NERFINISHED
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Ad-Duri ‘an Al-Kisa’i NERFINISHED ⓘ Hafs ‘an ‘Asim NERFINISHED ⓘ Khalaf ‘an Hamzah NERFINISHED ⓘ Khallad ‘an Hamzah NERFINISHED ⓘ Shu‘bah ‘an ‘Asim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.