Abū ʿAmr al-Dānī, ʿUthmān b. Saʿīd b. ʿUthmān al-Umawī al-Qurṭubī al-Dānī (371–444/981–1053), a renowned muqriʾ (reader) and muḥaddith (traditionist) of al-Andalus. His family, kinsfolk of the Umayyad rulers of al-Andalus, came from the village of Qūta Rāsha on the outskirts of Córdoba (see Ibn Bashkuwāl, 2/405; al-Dhahabī, Maʿrifa, 1/325). Abū ʿAmr was also known as Ibn al-Ṣayrafī (al-Ḥumaydī, 2/483).

The sparse information we have on his life is gleaned f…