Abu Ali

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Abu Ali is the honorific name (kunya) of the influential 10th-century Abbasid calligrapher and vizier Ibn Muqla, renowned for codifying the principles of Arabic script.

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Abu Ali canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Abbasid official
Arabic calligrapher
calligrapher
human
vizier
alsoKnownAs Ibn Muqla
Ibn Muqla
surface form: Ibn Muqlah
birthYear 885
century 10th century
citizenship Abbasid Caliphate
culture Islamic culture
deathYear 940
developed a geometric system for letter proportions based on the dot
rules for the six classical scripts of Arabic calligraphy
era Abbasid Caliphate
familyName Ibn Muqla
fieldOfWork Arabic calligraphy
Islamic administration
fullName Ibn Muqla
surface form: Abu Ali Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Muqla
genre Islamic calligraphy
givenName Muhammad
honorificName Abu Ali self-linksurface differs
influenced Ibn al-Bawwab
influencedBy earlier Kufic script traditions
language Arabic
legacy foundation of the classical canon of Arabic scripts
model for later calligraphers in the Islamic world
name Abu Ali self-linksurface differs
notableFor codifying the principles of Arabic script
developing a proportional system for Arabic calligraphy
influencing later Islamic calligraphy
standardizing the naskh script
occupation bureaucrat
calligrapher
vizier
patronymic ibn Ali
placeOfBirth Baghdad
placeOfDeath Baghdad
positionHeld vizier of Caliph al-Muqtadir
vizier of Caliph al-Qahir
vizier of Caliph ar-Radi
vizier of the Abbasid Caliphate
religion Islam
scriptTypeWorkedOn muhaqqaq
naskh
thuluth
style proportional script system

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Ibn Muqla givenName Abu Ali
Abu Ali name Abu Ali self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Abu Ali Ibn Muqla
Abu Ali honorificName Abu Ali self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Abu Ali Ibn Muqla