Malik b. Dinar

مالك بن دينار

Mushaf copyist for hire, d. 130 AH 1.

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Malik ibn Dinar, a client of a woman of the Banu Sama ibn Lu'ayy ibn Ghalib, known by the kunya Abu Yahya. 2

Copying

He used to copy out Qur'an codices for a wage. Ibn al-Nadim says that he died in 130 AH. 2

Sources

  1. al-Fihrist of Ibn al-Nadim, p. 16
  2. al-Fihrist of Ibn al-Nadim, p.16
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