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كركانج

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This entry pertains to a place name, specifically a city in Khwarazm. It identifies a prominent scholar from this city and provides biographical details.

Derived headwords

الكَرَنْكَانِجname
  1. 1.
    City in Khwarazmclassical

    A city located in the region of Khwarazm. It is notable as the origin of Abu Hamid Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Ali al-Maqri.

المَقْرِئname
  1. 1.
    The Readerclassical

    A title or epithet referring to someone skilled in the recitation of the Quran. In this context, it refers to Abu Hamid Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Ali, a scholar from Khwarazm.

Parallel reading

ومما يستدرك عليه: الكركانج، بالضم والنون والجيم: مدينة بخوارزم
And among what is to be added to it: Al-Karkanj, with dammah on the kaf, and noon, and jeem: a city in Khwarazm.
منها أبو حامد محمد بن أحمد بن علي المقرىء، صاحب المصنفات
From it is Abu Hamid Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Ali al-Maqri, the author of works.
ذكره المديني في (طبقات القراء)
Al-Madini mentioned him in (The Classes of Quran Reciters).
توفي سنة 481
He passed away in the year 481.