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Ibn al-Bawwab
Arabic calligrapher and manuscript illuminator (d. 1022) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ibn al-Bawwāb (Arabic: إِبْن ٱلْبَوَّاب), also known as Ali ibn-Hilal, Abu'l-Hasan, and Ibn al-Sitri, was an Arabic calligrapher and illuminator who lived in Baghdad.[1] He is the figure most associated with the adoption of round script to transcribe the Qur'an.[2] He most likely died around 1022 CE in Baghdad.[3]
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Ibn al-Bawwab | |
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![]() Ibn al-Bawwab script seen here is the earliest existing example of a Qur'an written in a cursive script, Chester Beatty Library | |
Born | 975 or 1000 |
Died | 1022 or 1031 |
Known for | Islamic calligraphy |
Movement | Naskh Thuluth muhaqqaq |
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