As for lsJ:!aq, his full name, according to Ibn al-Jazari, was IsJ:!aq b. Ibrahim b.
Uthman AbU AbdAllah b. Yaqub; [he was] originally from Marw, but he settled
in Baghdad. [According to al-Dhahabi,] "He was Khalafs copyist, and the one who transmitted and adopted his reading. He was regarded as reliable."٤٣ He died in
٢٨٦ A.H. (٨٩٩ C.E.).
As for those who studied the reading with him, the sources are _in disagreement. As for Idris, his full naine, according to Ibn al-Jazari, was Idris b. Abd al-Karim
al-f:Iaddad AbU al-f:Iasan al-Baghdadi. "He was a master in his field, an accurate recorder of readings, precise, and reliable. He studied with Khalaf b. Hisham." AI‌ Daraqutni was asked about him, and he said: "Reliable, and more than reliable by a degree." He died in ٢٩٢ A.H. (٩٠٤ c.E.).٤٤
As for those who transmitted the reading on his authority, the authorities are in disagreement.

Yaqob b. ls aq

His full name was Yaqub b. IsJ:!aq b. Zayd b. AbdAllah AbU MuJ:!ammad al-I:IaQrarru; [he was] a client of the Banil f:IaQram, and originally from Basra. According to Ibn al-Jazari, he was one of the ten readers [of the Quran]. Yaqilb has provided the names of the teachers with whom he studied the reading. For a year and a half, he learned [it] from Salam, and then he presented it to Shihab b. Shanfara in five days. Shihab had received the reading from Maslama b. MuJ:!arib al-Muharbi in nine days; Maslama had learned it from Abil al-Aswad al-Duali, who had received it from the Imam Ali (peace be upon him). Yaqilb died in the month ofDhil al-f:ajjah, ٢٠٥ A.H. (٨٢٠c.E.), at the age of eighty-eight.٤٥ Both AJ:!mad b. f:Ianbal and Abu f:Iatim regarded him as honest, and Ibn f:Iayyan has reckoned him among the reliable transmitters. However, according to Ibn Sad, he was not regarded as definitively trustworthy by the scholars [of biographical dictionaries].٤٦
Two persons transmitted the reading from Yaqub. They were Ruways and RilJ:!. As for Ruways, his full name was MuJ:!ammad b. al-Mutawakkil Abu AbdAllah
al-LuluI ai-Ba rL
reading and recitation], accurate and of great fame. He had acquired his reading by presenting it to Yaqilb ai-I:IaQrami for critical confirmation. Al-Dani considers him one of the most intelligent of Yaqilbs associates. MuJ:!ammad b. Hariln al-Tammar and the Imam Abu Abd Allah al-Zubayr b. AJ:!mad al-Zubayri al-ShafiI acquired the reading from Ruways by presenting [reading aloud] it to him for critical confir‌ mation. He died in the year ٣٣٨ A.H. (٩٤٩ C.E.)Y
As for RilJ:!, his full name was Abil al-f:Iasan b. Abd al-Mumin al-Hudhali. He was a client of Banil Hudhayl, and a grammarian who originated from Basra. Ibn al‌ Jazari regarded him as a prominent teacher, reliable, a meticulous recorder [of the reading] and widely acknowledged [for this]. He presented his reading to Yaqilb al‌ I:IaQrami for confirmation, and was regarded as one of his most celebrated associ‌ ates. He died in ٢٣٥ or ٢٣٤ A.H. (٨٤٩ or ٨٤٨ c.E.).٤٨
As for those who presented their readings to him for confirmation, the authorities are in disagreement.