Ibn Muqla
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Ibn Muqla was a 10th-century Abbasid vizier and master calligrapher renowned for codifying the proportional rules that shaped classical Arabic scripts, especially Naskh.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ibn Muqla canonical | 7 |
| Abu Ali Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Muqla | 2 |
| Ibn Muqlah | 1 |
| Ibn al-Sitri | 1 |
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Abbasid official
ⓘ
calligrapher ⓘ human ⓘ vizier ⓘ |
| birthName |
Ibn Muqla
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Abu Ali Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Muqla
|
| contributedTo | standardization of Qur’anic calligraphy ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ |
| culture |
Abbasid Caliphate
ⓘ
surface form:
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 |
Arabs
ⓘ
surface form:
Arab
|
| familyName | Ibn Muqla self-link ⓘ |
| 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 ⓘ Diwani script ⓘ
surface form:
Rayhani script
Ruqʿah script ⓘ
surface form:
Riq‘a script
Ruqʿah script ⓘ
surface form:
Tawqi script
Thuluth script ⓘ |
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Subject: Ibn Muqla Description of subject: Ibn Muqla was a 10th-century Abbasid vizier and master calligrapher renowned for codifying the proportional rules that shaped classical Arabic scripts, especially Naskh.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Abu Ali Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Muqla
this entity surface form:
Ibn al-Sitri
subject surface form:
Abu Ali Ibn Muqla
this entity surface form:
Abu Ali Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Muqla
subject surface form:
Abu Ali Ibn Muqla
subject surface form:
Abu Ali Ibn Muqla
this entity surface form:
Ibn Muqlah
subject surface form:
Abu Ali Ibn Muqla