Ibn Muqla

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Abbasid official calligrapher human vizier

Ibn Muqla was a 10th-century Abbasid vizier and master calligrapher renowned for codifying the proportional rules that shaped classical Arabic scripts, especially Naskh.

Aliases (2)

Abu Ali Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Muqla ×1
Ibn al-Sitri ×1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Abbasid official → calligrapher → human → vizier →
birthName	Abu Ali Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Muqla →
contributedTo	standardization of Qur’anic calligraphy →
countryOfCitizenship	Abbasid Caliphate →
culture	Abbasid →
dateOfBirth	circa 885 →
dateOfDeath	940 →
developed	geometric rules for letter proportions in Arabic → proportional script system based on dot and circle measurements →
employer	Abbasid Caliphate →
era	10th century → Islamic Golden Age →
ethnicGroup	Arab →
familyName	Ibn Muqla →
fieldOfWork	Arabic calligraphy → Islamic art → administration →
genre	Arabic script theory →
givenName	Abu Ali →
influenced	Ibn al-Bawwab → Yaqut al-Musta‘simi → later generations of Islamic calligraphers →
knownFor	codifying proportional rules of Arabic calligraphy → foundational role in classical Arabic scripts → shaping the classical Naskh script →
languageOfWorkOrName	Arabic →
nativeLanguage	Arabic →
notableWork	codification of proportional rules for Arabic script → development of the six classical scripts (al-aqlam al-sitta) → systematization of Naskh script →
occupation	calligrapher → statesman → vizier →
placeOfBirth	Baghdad → Iraq →
placeOfDeath	Baghdad → Iraq →
positionHeld	vizier of Caliph al-Muqtadir → vizier of Caliph al-Qahir → vizier of Caliph ar-Radi → vizier of the Abbasid Caliphate →
religion	Islam →
style	Muhaqqaq script → Naskh script → Rayhani script → Riq‘a script → Tawqi script → Thuluth script →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Ibn al-Bawwab ("Ibn al-Sitri") →	alsoKnownAs
Ibn Muqla ("Abu Ali Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Muqla") →	birthName
Ibn Muqla →	familyName
Ibn al-Bawwab →	influencedBy
Naskh script →	standardizedBy