Persian writing tradition

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The Persian writing tradition is a rich calligraphic and literary heritage that adapted and refined Arabic-based scripts to produce distinctive styles used in poetry, religious texts, and courtly manuscripts across the Persianate world.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf calligraphic tradition
cultural heritage
writing tradition
aestheticFeatures dense ligatures
diagonal composition
elongated letterforms
flowing curves
associatedWith Persian calligraphy
linked to: Nastaʿlīq

manuscript illumination
miniature painting
culturalRole instrument of imperial administration
marker of courtly refinement
medium of religious scholarship
vehicle of high literature
developedFrom Arabic script
linked to: Arabic alphabet

Kufic script
historicalPeriod Islamic Golden Age
Mughal period
Safavid period
linked to: Safavid Empire

Timurid period
linked to: Timurid era
influencedBy Arabic writing tradition
Sasanian scribal practices
materialCulture ink preparation
paper manuscripts
reed pens
notableWork Divan of Hafez manuscripts
linked to: Divan of Hafez

Gulistan of Saʿdi manuscripts
linked to: Gulistan of Saadi

Khamsa of Nizami manuscripts
linked to: Khamsa of Nizami

Masnavi-ye Maʿnavi manuscripts
linked to: Masnavi

Shahnameh manuscripts
linked to: Shahnameh
patronage Mughal courts
linked to: Mughal court

Safavid courts
linked to: Safavid royal court

Timurid courts
linked to: Timurid court

royal courts
primaryLanguage Persian language
region Anatolia
Central Asia
Iran
Persianate world
South Asia
scriptDirection right-to-left
scriptModification addition of letters پ چ ژ گ to Arabic script
usedFor Qurʾanic commentaries
Sufi treatises
administrative documents
courtly manuscripts
epic poetry
literary anthologies
lyric poetry
philosophical texts
poetry manuscripts
religious texts
royal decrees
scientific works
usesScript Arabic script
Naskh script
Nastaʿlīq script
linked to: Nastaʿlīq

Persian script
Shekasteh Nastaʿlīq script
Shikasta script
Taʿlīq script
linked to: Taliq script
writingSystemType abjad

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