745 deaths

Italian noble

primary transmitter of the Qira'at (died 745)

Gokturk ruler

Mid-8th century Umayyad governor of al-Andalus

Frankish saint and abbess

governor of Egypt for the Umayyad Caliphate

German saint

Bishop of York; Saint

Ismāʿīl ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Suddī (died 745) was a popular preacher and Qurʾānic exegete in Kūfa. His nickname al-Suddī comes from his habit of sitting on the threshold (sudd) of the Great Mosque of Kūfa. His status as a traditionist is unclear, since his presence in isnāds is often inauthentic and he was sometimes accused of fabrication. He criticized Abū Bakr and ʿUmar and was accused of having Shīʿī tendencies (tashayyuʿ). His reputation rests on his exegesis, which was considered inconsequential by al-Shaʿbī and merely "popular" by Ibrāhīm al-Nakhaʿr, but was cited extensively in al-Ṭaba

Bishop of Winchester

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