Abu al-Hasan Ahmad Ibn Muhammad Ibn âÂÂAbdillah Ibn al-Qasim Ibn Nafi'i Ibn Abi Bazzah (Arabic: ãÃÂàï èààÃÂàï èàùèïçÃÂÃÂàèàçÃÂÃÂçóàèàÃÂçÃÂù èàãèàèòÃÂÃÂé), better known simply as al-Bazzi (170–250AH) (786/7–864/5 CE), was an important figure in the transmission of Qira'at, the seven canonical methods of Qur'an reading. He and Qunbul were the primary people responsible for spreading the recitation method of Ibn Kathir al-Makki, which became especially popular among the people of Mecca.
Al-Bazzi's forefather, Abu Bazza, was of Persian descent and had reportedly converted to Islam through al-SÃÂþib b. Abë al-SÃÂþib á¹¢ayfë al-Makhzà «më (died after 638), one of the companions of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad. Al-Bazzi was a client (mawla) of the Banu Makhzum tribe.
Al-Bazzi was considered the chief QÃÂriþ in his time and was also the Mu'adhin of Al-Masjid al-Haram. He died in 864CE.