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Khallad
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<p>Abu ‘Isa Khallad Ibn Khalid al-Baghdadi, best known as Khallad (?-220AH), was a significant early figure in the <a href="/facts/Qira%2527at/qQm8YesX">Qira'at</a>, or variant methods of reciting the <a href="/facts/Qur%2527an/39rkStko">Qur'an</a>. Khallad and <a href="/facts/Khalaf_al-Bazzar/DBlQFTIt">Khalaf al-Bazzar</a> were the two primary transmitters of the <a href="/facts/Qur%2527an_reading/qQm8YesX">Qur'an reading</a> method of <a href="/facts/Hamzah_az-Zaiyyat/dR0AUz6J">Hamzah az-Zaiyyat</a>. </p><p>Although Khallad was one of the primary transmitters of Qur'an recitation, he rarely taught the skill, and when he did so, he only taught a small number of select individuals. He was known for being one of the more meticulous reciters. </p><p>He died in the year 835CE. </p>