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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/KeitenAijin.jpg/225px-KeitenAijin.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/KeitenAijin.jpg/300px-KeitenAijin.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4188" data-file-height="1984" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background: #efefef;background:#efefef;text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)">By script</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arabic_script" title="Arabic script">Arabic</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arabic_calligraphy" title="Arabic calligraphy">Arabic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_calligraphy" title="Islamic calligraphy">Islamic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turkish_calligraphy" title="Turkish calligraphy">Turkish</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Persian</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brahmic_scripts" title="Brahmic scripts">Brahmic</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Indian_calligraphy" title="Indian calligraphy">Indian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tibetan_calligraphy" title="Tibetan calligraphy">Tibetan</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyrillic_script" title="Cyrillic script">Cyrillic</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Serbian_calligraphy" title="Serbian calligraphy">Serbian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vyaz_(Cyrillic_calligraphy)" title="Vyaz (Cyrillic calligraphy)">Vyaz</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgian_calligraphy" title="Georgian calligraphy">Georgian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_characters" title="Chinese characters">Hanzi</a>-based <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_calligraphy" title="Chinese calligraphy">Chinese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korean_calligraphy" title="Korean calligraphy">Korean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_calligraphy" title="Japanese calligraphy">Japanese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vietnamese_calligraphy" title="Vietnamese calligraphy">Vietnamese</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Latin_script" title="Latin script">Latin</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Western_calligraphy" title="Western calligraphy">Western</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mongolian_calligraphy" title="Mongolian calligraphy">Mongolian</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Persian calligraphy</b> or <b>Iranian calligraphy</b> (<a href="/wiki/Persian_language" title="Persian language">Persian</a>: <span lang="fa" dir="rtl"><span class="Nastaliq" dir="rtl" title="Nastaliq" style="font-family: 'Jameel Noori Nastaleeq', 'Urdu Typesetting', 'Noto Nastaliq Urdu', 'Noto Nastaliq Urdu Draft', 'Hussaini Nastaleeq', 'AlQalam Taj Nastaleeq', IranNastaliq, 'Awami Nastaliq', 'Awami Nastaliq Beta3', 'Awami Nastaliq Beta2', 'Awami Nastaliq Beta1', 'Nafees Nastaleeq', 'Nafees Nastaleeq v1.01', 'Pak Nastaleeq', 'PDMS_Jauhar', 'Alvi Lahori Nastaleeq'; font-size: 110%; font-style: normal;">خوشنِویسیِ ایرانی</span></span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Persian" title="Romanization of Persian">romanized</a>: </small><span title="Persian-language romanization"><i lang="fa-Latn">Xošnevisi-ye Irani</i></span>) is the <a href="/wiki/Calligraphy" title="Calligraphy">calligraphy</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Persian_language" title="Persian language">Persian language</a>. It is one of the most revered arts throughout the <a href="/wiki/History_of_Iran" title="History of Iran">history of Iran</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Persian_calligraphy&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Nastaliq-proportions.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Nastaliq-proportions.jpg/180px-Nastaliq-proportions.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="187" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Nastaliq-proportions.jpg/270px-Nastaliq-proportions.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Nastaliq-proportions.jpg/360px-Nastaliq-proportions.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1701" data-file-height="1768" /></a><figcaption>Example showing Nastaʿlīq's proportion rules.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></figcaption></figure> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Nasta%CA%BFl%C4%ABq" class="mw-redirect" title="Nastaʿlīq">Nastaʿlīq</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="History_of_Nasta'liq"><span id="History_of_Nasta.27liq"></span>History of Nasta'liq</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Persian_calligraphy&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History of Nasta'liq"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After the <a href="/wiki/Muslim_conquest_of_Persia" title="Muslim conquest of Persia">introduction of Islam</a> in the 7th century, Persians adapted the Arabic alphabet to <a href="/wiki/Persian_language" title="Persian language">Persian</a> and developed the contemporary <a href="/wiki/Persian_alphabet" title="Persian alphabet">Persian alphabet</a>. The Arabic alphabet has 28 characters. An additional four letters were added by Iranians,<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which resulted in the 32 letters currently present in the Persian alphabet. </p><p>Around one thousand years ago, <a href="/wiki/Ibn_Muqlah" class="mw-redirect" title="Ibn Muqlah">Ibn Muqlah</a> (<a href="/wiki/Persian_language" title="Persian language">Persian</a>: <span lang="fa" dir="rtl"><span class="Nastaliq" dir="rtl" title="Nastaliq" style="font-family: 'Jameel Noori Nastaleeq', 'Urdu Typesetting', 'Noto Nastaliq Urdu', 'Noto Nastaliq Urdu Draft', 'Hussaini Nastaleeq', 'AlQalam Taj Nastaleeq', IranNastaliq, 'Awami Nastaliq', 'Awami Nastaliq Beta3', 'Awami Nastaliq Beta2', 'Awami Nastaliq Beta1', 'Nafees Nastaleeq', 'Nafees Nastaleeq v1.01', 'Pak Nastaleeq', 'PDMS_Jauhar', 'Alvi Lahori Nastaleeq'; font-size: 110%; font-style: normal;">ابنِ مقله بيضاوی شيرازی</span></span>) and his brother created six genres of Iranian calligraphy, namely "<a href="/wiki/Muhaqqaq" title="Muhaqqaq">Mohaqiq</a>", "<a href="/wiki/Rayhani_script" title="Rayhani script">Reyhan</a>", "<a href="/wiki/Thuluth" title="Thuluth">Sols</a>", "<a href="/wiki/Naskh_(script)" title="Naskh (script)">Naskh</a>", "<a href="/wiki/Tawqi" title="Tawqi">Toqi</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/Reqa" class="mw-redirect" title="Reqa">Reqa</a>". These genres were common for four centuries in Persia. In the 7th century (Hijri calendar), Hassan Farsi Kateb combined the "Naskh" and "Reqa" styles and invented a new genre of Persian calligraphy named "<a href="/wiki/Ta%27liq_(script)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ta'liq (script)">Ta'liq</a>". In the 14th century, Mir Ali Tabrizi combined two major scripts of his time, i.e. Naskh and Taliq, and created a new Persian calligraphic style called "Nas’taliq".<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the past 500 years <a href="/wiki/Nasta%CA%BFl%C4%ABq" class="mw-redirect" title="Nastaʿlīq">Nastaʿlīq</a> (also anglicized as Nastaleeq; <a href="/wiki/Persian_language" title="Persian language">Persian</a>: <span lang="fa" dir="rtl"><span class="Nastaliq" dir="rtl" title="Nastaliq" style="font-family: 'Jameel Noori Nastaleeq', 'Urdu Typesetting', 'Noto Nastaliq Urdu', 'Noto Nastaliq Urdu Draft', 'Hussaini Nastaleeq', 'AlQalam Taj Nastaleeq', IranNastaliq, 'Awami Nastaliq', 'Awami Nastaliq Beta3', 'Awami Nastaliq Beta2', 'Awami Nastaliq Beta1', 'Nafees Nastaleeq', 'Nafees Nastaleeq v1.01', 'Pak Nastaleeq', 'PDMS_Jauhar', 'Alvi Lahori Nastaleeq'; font-size: 110%; font-style: normal;">نستعلیق</span></span> <i><span title="Persian-language romanization"><i lang="fa-Latn">nastaʿlīq</i></span></i>) has been the predominant style for writing the <a href="/wiki/Perso-Arabic_script" class="mw-redirect" title="Perso-Arabic script">Perso-Arabic script</a>. </p><p>In the 17th century Morteza Gholi Khan Shamlou and Mohammad Shafi Heravi created a new genre called cursive Nastaʿlīq <a href="/wiki/Shekasteh_Nasta%CA%BFl%C4%ABq" class="mw-redirect" title="Shekasteh Nastaʿlīq">Shekasteh Nastaʿlīq</a> (<a href="/wiki/Persian_language" title="Persian language">Persian</a>: <span lang="fa" dir="rtl"><span class="Nastaliq" dir="rtl" title="Nastaliq" style="font-family: 'Jameel Noori Nastaleeq', 'Urdu Typesetting', 'Noto Nastaliq Urdu', 'Noto Nastaliq Urdu Draft', 'Hussaini Nastaleeq', 'AlQalam Taj Nastaleeq', IranNastaliq, 'Awami Nastaliq', 'Awami Nastaliq Beta3', 'Awami Nastaliq Beta2', 'Awami Nastaliq Beta1', 'Nafees Nastaleeq', 'Nafees Nastaleeq v1.01', 'Pak Nastaleeq', 'PDMS_Jauhar', 'Alvi Lahori Nastaleeq'; font-size: 110%; font-style: normal;">شکسته نستعلیق</span></span>)). Almost a century later, Abdol-Majid Taleqani, who was a prominent artist at the time, brought this genre to its highest level. This calligraphic style is based on the same rules as Nas’taliq. However, cursive Nas’taliq has a few significant differences: it provides more flexible movements, and it is slightly more stretched and curved. Yadollah Kaboli is one of the most prominent contemporary calligraphers within this style. </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sultan_%27Ali_Mashhadi_(Persian,_1442-1519)._Folio_of_Poetry_From_the_Divan_of_Sultan_Husayn_Mirza,_ca._1490.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Folio of Poetry From the Divan of Sultan Husayn Mirza, c. 1490. Brooklyn Museum."><img alt="Folio of Poetry From the Divan of Sultan Husayn Mirza, c. 1490. Brooklyn Museum." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Sultan_%27Ali_Mashhadi_%28Persian%2C_1442-1519%29._Folio_of_Poetry_From_the_Divan_of_Sultan_Husayn_Mirza%2C_ca._1490.jpg/79px-Sultan_%27Ali_Mashhadi_%28Persian%2C_1442-1519%29._Folio_of_Poetry_From_the_Divan_of_Sultan_Husayn_Mirza%2C_ca._1490.jpg" decoding="async" width="79" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Sultan_%27Ali_Mashhadi_%28Persian%2C_1442-1519%29._Folio_of_Poetry_From_the_Divan_of_Sultan_Husayn_Mirza%2C_ca._1490.jpg/119px-Sultan_%27Ali_Mashhadi_%28Persian%2C_1442-1519%29._Folio_of_Poetry_From_the_Divan_of_Sultan_Husayn_Mirza%2C_ca._1490.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Sultan_%27Ali_Mashhadi_%28Persian%2C_1442-1519%29._Folio_of_Poetry_From_the_Divan_of_Sultan_Husayn_Mirza%2C_ca._1490.jpg/159px-Sultan_%27Ali_Mashhadi_%28Persian%2C_1442-1519%29._Folio_of_Poetry_From_the_Divan_of_Sultan_Husayn_Mirza%2C_ca._1490.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1017" data-file-height="1536" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i>Folio of Poetry From the Divan of Sultan Husayn Mirza</i>, <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1490</span>. <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Museum" title="Brooklyn Museum">Brooklyn Museum</a>.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Agra_castle_India_persian_poem.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Calligraphy of Persian poems on large pishtaq at the Agra Fort, India"><img alt="Calligraphy of Persian poems on large pishtaq at the Agra Fort, India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Agra_castle_India_persian_poem.jpg/120px-Agra_castle_India_persian_poem.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Agra_castle_India_persian_poem.jpg/180px-Agra_castle_India_persian_poem.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Agra_castle_India_persian_poem.jpg/240px-Agra_castle_India_persian_poem.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2304" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Calligraphy of Persian poems on large <a href="/wiki/Pishtaq" class="mw-redirect" title="Pishtaq">pishtaq</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Agra_Fort" title="Agra Fort">Agra Fort</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Miremad-1.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Chalipa panel, Mir Emad."><img alt="Chalipa panel, Mir Emad." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Miremad-1.jpg/73px-Miremad-1.jpg" decoding="async" width="73" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Miremad-1.jpg/109px-Miremad-1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Miremad-1.jpg/146px-Miremad-1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1700" data-file-height="2800" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Chalipa panel, <a href="/wiki/Mir_Emad" class="mw-redirect" title="Mir Emad">Mir Emad</a>.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Khalili_Collection_Islamic_Art_cal_0175.2.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Calligraphic composition by Shah Mahmud Nishapuri, a 16th-century master of Nasta'liq"><img alt="Calligraphic composition by Shah Mahmud Nishapuri, a 16th-century master of Nasta'liq" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Khalili_Collection_Islamic_Art_cal_0175.2.jpg/80px-Khalili_Collection_Islamic_Art_cal_0175.2.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Khalili_Collection_Islamic_Art_cal_0175.2.jpg/120px-Khalili_Collection_Islamic_Art_cal_0175.2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Khalili_Collection_Islamic_Art_cal_0175.2.jpg/160px-Khalili_Collection_Islamic_Art_cal_0175.2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2500" data-file-height="3750" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Calligraphic composition by Shah Mahmud Nishapuri, a 16th-century master of Nasta'liq</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Contemporary_Persian_calligraphy">Contemporary Persian calligraphy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Persian_calligraphy&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Contemporary Persian calligraphy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1950, the <i><a href="/wiki/Society_of_Iranian_Calligraphists" title="Society of Iranian Calligraphists">Iran's Association of Calligraphers</a></i> was founded by Hossein Mirkhani, Ali Akbar Kaveh, Ebrahim Bouzari, Hassan Mirkhani and Mehdi Baiani. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Modernist_movement">Modernist movement</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Persian_calligraphy&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Modernist movement"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AD%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87%E2%80%8C%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%8A" class="extiw" title="fa:حسين زندهرودي">Zendeh Roudi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jalil_Rasouli" title="Jalil Rasouli">Jalil Rasouli</a>, <a href="/wiki/Parviz_Tanavoli" title="Parviz Tanavoli">Parviz Tanavoli</a>, and Nima Behnoud use Persian calligraphy and Rumi poetry in dress designing. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post_modernism">Post modernism</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Persian_calligraphy&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Post modernism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Abol Atighetchi uses combination of colored naskh, suluth and kufic style calligraphy with large letters in a single large format acrylic painting for his work presentation and circles in gold leaf or simple color to decorate but in the Nastaligh style many colorful geometrical forms and lines are used to modernize the painting and the same technique is used to modernize the large format birds of bessmel (<a href="/wiki/Persian_language" title="Persian language">Persian</a>: <span lang="fa" dir="rtl"><span class="Nastaliq" dir="rtl" title="Nastaliq" style="font-family: 'Jameel Noori Nastaleeq', 'Urdu Typesetting', 'Noto Nastaliq Urdu', 'Noto Nastaliq Urdu Draft', 'Hussaini Nastaleeq', 'AlQalam Taj Nastaleeq', IranNastaliq, 'Awami Nastaliq', 'Awami Nastaliq Beta3', 'Awami Nastaliq Beta2', 'Awami Nastaliq Beta1', 'Nafees Nastaleeq', 'Nafees Nastaleeq v1.01', 'Pak Nastaleeq', 'PDMS_Jauhar', 'Alvi Lahori Nastaleeq'; 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