Ibn Muqlah
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Abu 'ali Muhammad Ibn 'ali Ibn Muqlah Shiraz
i (born 886 in Baghdad, died there 20 July 940) was a Persian
calligrapher, one of the foremost of the Abbasid
age. It is thought that he invented the thuluth
script, the first cursive style of Arabic, though none of his original work remains.
Ibn Muqlah was also a government official. By age 22 he was a scribe as well as holding two other important jobs. He was the vizier three times under the Abbasaid caliph in Baghdad. After years of fighting for causes he believed in, he was publicly disgraced and imprisoned in 936. After four years of maltreatment, he died.
It is said that writing poured from his hands, and to his followers he was considered a prophet and a hero. Along with Ibn al-Bawwab
and Yaqut al-Musta'simi, he is considered the founder of the modern style.
Shiraz
Shiraz may refer to:* Shiraz, Iran, a city in Iran* Shiraz County, an administrative subdivision of Iran* Vosketap, Armenia, formerly called ShirazPeople:* Hovhannes Shiraz, Armenian poet* Ara Shiraz, Armenian sculptor...
i (born 886 in Baghdad, died there 20 July 940) was a Persian
Persian people
The Persian people are part of the Iranian peoples who speak the modern Persian language and closely akin Iranian dialects and languages. The origin of the ethnic Iranian/Persian peoples are traced to the Ancient Iranian peoples, who were part of the ancient Indo-Iranians and themselves part of...
calligrapher, one of the foremost of the Abbasid
Abbasid
The Abbasid Caliphate or, more simply, the Abbasids , was the third of the Islamic caliphates. It was ruled by the Abbasid dynasty of caliphs, who built their capital in Baghdad after overthrowing the Umayyad caliphate from all but the al-Andalus region....
age. It is thought that he invented the thuluth
Thuluth
Thuluth is a script variety of Islamic calligraphy invented by the Persian Ibn Muqlah Shirazi, which made its first appearance in the 11th century CE . The straight angular forms of Kufic were replaced in the new script by curved and oblique lines. In Thuluth, one-third of each letter slopes, from...
script, the first cursive style of Arabic, though none of his original work remains.
Ibn Muqlah was also a government official. By age 22 he was a scribe as well as holding two other important jobs. He was the vizier three times under the Abbasaid caliph in Baghdad. After years of fighting for causes he believed in, he was publicly disgraced and imprisoned in 936. After four years of maltreatment, he died.
It is said that writing poured from his hands, and to his followers he was considered a prophet and a hero. Along with Ibn al-Bawwab
Ibn al-Bawwab
Ibn al-Bawwāb was a Persian calligrapher and illuminator who lived during the time of the Buyid dynasty. He most likely died around 1022 AD in Baghdad....
and Yaqut al-Musta'simi, he is considered the founder of the modern style.