It is the calligraphy used in Iran and neighboring countries, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, and northern India, and it is called in their view the Nasta’liq, and it is called by the Arabs the Persian writing, and among the Turks with the interpretation. Muhammad Taher al-Makki says in his book “The History of Arabic Calligraphy and its Literature” about his name: It is mentioned in the Ta’liq script, so they called it “Nasta’liq,” then because of its frequent use, they called it “Nasta’liq.” Remove the letter Kha lexical relief. This font is characterized by the abundance of designs, its lightness, its smoothness, and its smoothness in its great circulation and flow, as well as the smallness of its existing lines and the completeness of its duration. And some parts of his letters must be drawn using the vertex of his letters with other font letters, and if any of the letters of the other fonts enter there, such as Naskh for example, his name is Qarm Ta’liq which is a Turkish name. Its edges are written separately from the letters and are distinguished from each other against the patch line, and are often square, sloping towards elongation, and slightly curved at the bottom Since the time of Timur and some of his successors, and over the course of a century and a half, the Persian calligraphy developed greatly, and Professor Mir Ali al-Tabrizi, died around the year 850. He was a calligrapher at the court of Timur Lang. For this reason, the people of his time called him “The Perfect Book” and then came after him those who developed and managed his drawings, such as Imad al-Din al-Shirazi, nicknamed al-Ajami. Then it was founded by Sultan Ali Al-Mashhadi, Mir Ali Al-Hrawi, Abdul Rahman Al-Khwarizmi, Malik Al-Dailami, Baba Shah Al-Isfahani, and Muhammad Hussein Al-Tabrizi, and it was perfected by Prince Imad. - Al-Hasani and Prince Ali's students stood up to improve and publish it. The Iranians excelled in it and excelled in it until it became their distinctive and reliable breed, which is called the Persian lineage today. And this lineage did not spread to Iran only, but exceeded it in a number of Islamic countries, as it is the countries of India, Pakistan, and the Arab countries, as many Ottoman calligraphers excelled in it. It is correct for us to call it the Ottoman Persian text. The first half of the Safavid era is considered the peak of the maturity of this art. At the beginning of its inception, Persian calligraphy had two writing methods, one of which was the method of al-Ja’far and al-Azhar, which was promoted by Sultan Ali al-Mashhadi, and this method was common in Khurasan, and the other was the method of Abd al-Rahman al. -Al-Khwarizmi, the court calligrapher of Sultan Yaqub Aq Koyunlu (884-894), which was in circulation in the western and southern parts of Iran, and was later published by Abd al-Rahman's sons, Abd al-Rahim and Abd. The Holy and their followers, and the difference between the two methods of drawing words and letters. Necessary, while the Khorasan method is done in moderation, and this method itself reaches the point of perfection and beauty after four centuries.
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