Arabic Calligraphy — 6 Scripts #ArabicCalligraphy #IslamicArt #Calligraphy #Islam

For centuries, calligraphy has been one of the most admired arts of the Islamic world — written with a qalam, a pen cut from reed. Six classic scripts:

1. Kufic — named after Kufa in Iraq; angular, with long horizontal strokes. For centuries the main script for copies of the Qur'an
2. Naskh — rounded, clear and easy to read; most printed Arabic still follows it. The Qur'an of Ibn al-Bawwab (Baghdad, c. 1000 CE) is one of the earliest copies in Naskh
3. Thuluth — "one third"; tall, curving letters for mosque inscriptions and chapter titles, often called the most demanding script
4. Diwani — from the Ottoman court, named after the Diwan (imperial council); dense and hard to forge, used for royal decrees
5. Nastaliq — the "hanging" script of Persia (14th–15th c.), the script of Persian poetry and of Urdu today. Page by Mir Ali of Herat
6. Maghribi — from North Africa and al-Andalus, with round, sweeping letters and its own dotting. Qur'an from Spain or Morocco, 14th century

Today, calligraphers around the world keep this art alive — with reed, ink and patience.

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Photo credits (Wikimedia Commons):
- Different Kinds of Wooden Calligraphy Pens — Faizal Somadi, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Folio from a Qur'an, 8th–9th century — Freer Gallery of Art (F1930.62), Public domain
- Folio from the Ibn al-Bawwab Qur'an (CBL Is 1431, f.285b) — Chester Beatty Library, Public domain
- The alphabet in Thuluth script by 'Ala' al-Din Tabrizi, 1593 — Golestan Palace Library, Public domain
- A firman of Mahmud II, dated 25 July 1827 (detail) — Public domain
- Folio of Calligraphy by Mir Ali Haravi (F1939.50b) — Freer Gallery of Art, Public domain
- Copy of the Quran written in Maghribi script, Spain or Morocco, 14th cent., The David Collection — Richard Mortel, CC BY 2.0
- Calligraph – Kairouan — BAKRAOUI Bilel, CC BY-SA 4.0
Licenses: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/

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