Persian writing tradition

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calligraphic tradition cultural heritage writing tradition

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 NERFINISHED ⓘ manuscript illumination ⓘ miniature painting ⓘ
culturalRole	instrument of imperial administration ⓘ marker of courtly refinement ⓘ medium of religious scholarship ⓘ vehicle of high literature ⓘ
developedFrom	Arabic script NERFINISHED ⓘ Kufic script NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Islamic Golden Age NERFINISHED ⓘ Mughal period NERFINISHED ⓘ Safavid period NERFINISHED ⓘ Timurid period NERFINISHED ⓘ
influencedBy	Arabic writing tradition ⓘ Sasanian scribal practices ⓘ
materialCulture	ink preparation ⓘ paper manuscripts ⓘ reed pens ⓘ
notableWork	Divan of Hafez manuscripts NERFINISHED ⓘ Gulistan of Saʿdi manuscripts NERFINISHED ⓘ Khamsa of Nizami manuscripts NERFINISHED ⓘ Masnavi-ye Maʿnavi manuscripts NERFINISHED ⓘ Shahnameh manuscripts NERFINISHED ⓘ
patronage	Mughal courts NERFINISHED ⓘ Safavid courts NERFINISHED ⓘ Timurid courts NERFINISHED ⓘ royal courts ⓘ
primaryLanguage	Persian language NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	Anatolia NERFINISHED ⓘ Central Asia ⓘ Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ Persianate world NERFINISHED ⓘ 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ Nastaʿlīq script NERFINISHED ⓘ Persian script ⓘ Shekasteh Nastaʿlīq script NERFINISHED ⓘ Shikasta script NERFINISHED ⓘ Taʿlīq script NERFINISHED ⓘ
writingSystemType	abjad ⓘ

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development of the six classical scripts (al-aqlam al-sitta) → appliesTo → Persian writing tradition ⓘ