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.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Ibn Muqla canonical 7
Abu Ali Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Muqla 2
Ibn Muqlah 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.

Naskh script standardizedBy Ibn Muqla
Ibn Muqla familyName Ibn Muqla self-link
Ibn Muqla birthName Ibn Muqla self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Abu Ali Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Muqla
Ibn al-Bawwab alsoKnownAs Ibn Muqla
this entity surface form: Ibn al-Sitri
Ibn al-Bawwab influencedBy Ibn Muqla
Abu Ali fullName Ibn Muqla
subject surface form: Abu Ali Ibn Muqla
this entity surface form: Abu Ali Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Muqla
Abu Ali alsoKnownAs Ibn Muqla
subject surface form: Abu Ali Ibn Muqla
Abu Ali alsoKnownAs Ibn Muqla
subject surface form: Abu Ali Ibn Muqla
this entity surface form: Ibn Muqlah
Abu Ali familyName Ibn Muqla
subject surface form: Abu Ali Ibn Muqla
Ali ibn Hilal influencedBy Ibn Muqla