Author Abd al-Hamid Mahmud Tahmaz examines the biography and the scholarly nature of the Shaykh of the Kufa reciters, Abu Abd al-Rahman al-Sulami (d. 74 or 75/693 or 694), and mentions his Shaykhs, the length of his teaching the Holy Qur'an, his worship, his piety and knowledge...most famous students...and mentions about the rule of accepting anomalous readings and readings attributed to the shaykh.