was a reliable and competent authority in Quran reading."٣٩ He was born in ١١٠ A.H.
(٧٢٨ c.E.) in Egypt and died there in ١٩٧ A.H. (٨١٢ c.E.).
As for those who transmitted the reading from him, the authorities are in disagreement.

AI-KisaT ai-Kofl

His full name was Ali b.l:lamza b. AbdAllah b. Bahman b. Rruz al-Asadi. He was a client of the Banu Asad, and of Persian descent. According to Ibn al-Jazari, "He was the leader in this field, [the one] upon whom the leadership of the readers in Kufa devolved after the death ofl:lamza and al-Zayyat." He acqmred his reading from I:Iamza, to whom he presented it four times for approval, and on whom he depended. Aba Ubayd, in his book on the readings, says: "Al-KisaI was selective in his adop‌ tion of readings. He has accepted some of l:lamzas reading and rejected other parts of it." There is a difference of opinion regarding the year in which he died. The most accurate one seems to be the one recorded by more than one scholar, and [especially by] the scholars of the tradition (l:zuffo"?), namely, ١٨٩ A.H. (٨٠٤ c.E.). He had learned the reading by memorizing it [in studying with] .I:Iamza al-Zayyat, Mul}ammad b.
Abd al-Ral}man b. Abi Layla, lsa b. Arnr al-Amash, and Aba Bakr b. Ayyash‌ with all of whom he studied the tradition-and from Sulayman b. Arqam, Jafar al‌ Sadiq (peace be upon him), al-Azrami, and Ibn Uyayna.... He tutored the Abbasid Hartin al-Rashid [in the reading] and his son al-Amin.٤٠
Al-Marzubani relates, on the authority oflbn al-Arabi, that "al-KisaI was one of the most learned persons, but used to do forbidden things, constantly drinking wine and openly admitting to [homosexuality]. Yet he was an accurate reader [of the Quran], knowledgeable in the Arabic language, and honest."٤١
Al-KisaI had two direct transmitters: al-Layth b. Khalid and l:lafb. Umar.
As for al-Layth, his full name was Aba al-l:larith b. Khalid al-Baghdadi. Accord‌ ing to Ibn al-Jazari, he was reliable, well known, and a competent recorder [of the reading]. He presented his reading to al-KisaI for critical approval and he was among his most prominent associates. He died in ٢٤٠ A.H. (٨٥٤ c.E.).٤٢ As for the transmit‌ ters who related his reading, the authorities are in disagreement about them.
As for l:lafb. Umar al-Duri, his biographical data were provided above, with
A ims.

These, then, are the seven readers whose biographical information we mentioned, along with those who transmitted their readings. Al-Qasim b. Rra has worked their names, and the names of their transmitters, into his famous [orally transmitted] ode known as "al-Shatibiyya." As for the other three readers who complete the [group of] ten, they are Khalaf, Yaqab, and Yazid b. al-Qaqa.

Khalaf b. Hisham ai-Bazzar

We have given his [Khalafs] biographical information in our treatment of I:Iamza. His reading was transmitted by lsl}aq and ldris.