Islamic Calligraphy - Gallery

Gallery

  • Page of a 12th century Qur'an written in the Andalusi script

  • Page of an Ilkhanid Qur'an (13th Century)

  • Bismillah calligraphy in Sini script

  • Bismillah calligraphy

  • Bismillah calligraphy

  • An example of zoomorphic calligraphy

  • Qur'an folio 11th century kufic

  • Islamic calligraphy in Hagia Sophia

  • Qur'anic Manuscript - Mid to Late 15th Century, Turkey

  • Maghribi script

  • Calligraphic writing on a fritware tile, depicting the names of God, Muhammad and the first caliphs. Istanbul, Turkey, c. 1727

  • Naskh Basmala

  • Manuscript between 1500 and 1599

  • Calligraphy in Nasta'liq Script

  • Ottoman manuscript in Ta'liq Script.

  • The stylized signature (tughra) of Sultan Mahmud II of the Ottoman Empire was written in an expressive calligraphy. It reads Mahmud Khan son of Abdulhamid is forever victorious.

  • Animation showing the calligraphic composition of the Al Jazeera logo.

  • The Emirates logo is written in traditional Arabic calligraphy

  • Example showing Nastaʿlīq's (Persian) proportion rules.

  • The instruments and work of a student calligrapher.

  • Islamic calligraphy performed by a Malay Muslim in Malaysia. Calligrapher is making a rough draft.

  • Jawi script written with Islamic calligraphy on the signboard of a royal mausoleum in Kelantan (a state in Malaysia). The signboard reads "Makam Diraja Langgar".

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