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Panels, Thatta, 1509, Thuluth
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APA
Fatima Quraishi, . (n.d.). Panels, Thatta, 1509, Thuluth (1–), CallFront, accessed July 26, 2026, https://callfront.inha.fr/s/callfront/item/3882
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Fatima Quraishi. n.d. “Panels, Thatta, 1509, Thuluth.”, CallFront, accessed July 26, 2026, https://callfront.inha.fr/s/callfront/item/3882
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Fatima Quraishi. Panels, Thatta, 1509, Thuluth, CallFront, accessed July 26, 2026, https://callfront.inha.fr/s/callfront/item/3882
Item descriptor
- Copyrights Holder
- CallFront
- License
- CC BY-SA 4.0
- Entry ID
- Pakistan_FQ_07
- Author
- Fatima Quraishi
- Date
- 915 H.
- 1509
- Localization Exactitude Degree
- Exact
- Place of Production
- Pakistan, Sindh province, Thatta, Tomb of Jam Nizam al-Din
- Language
- Arabic
- Type of text
- Quran
- Nature of the Text
- Reference for Quranic verses
- Text Content
- 76:1-19 (19 is incomplete), Bismilah
- Script
- Thuluth
- Type of Object
- architectural element\panel
- Writing Surface
- stone\type of stone\sandstone
- multiple panels running around the exterior of the building
- Shape (Epigraphy)
- rectangular
- Layout (Epigraphy & Objects)
- 2
- Technique
- carved / bas-relief - flat relief
- Instrument
- chisel
Script descriptor
See the lexicon
General Script Characteristics
- Shape
- rectangular
- Groups of Characters Baseline
- Groups of characters baseline - horizontal
- Character Spacing
- irregular spaces between characters
- Presence of Elongation
- rare
- Elongated Letters
- kāf bowl
- Shading / Contrast
- medium contrast
Letter Morphology
Ascenders
Descenders
- rā' zā' descenders
- rā'/zā' - long flattened, tapered tail
- nūn sīn shīn sādḍād yā’ lām and qāf descenders
- wide deep bowl
- jīm ḥāʾ khā' and ‘ain ghayn descenders
- closed looped tail
- yā’ al-rāji’ah descenders
- backward horizontal stroke
horizontals
- bāʾ tāʾ thāʾ fāʾ kāf horizontals
- bāʾ, tāʾ, thāʾ, fāʾ, kāf - curvilinear flattened bowl
denticles
- sīn shīn denticles
- rounded base denticles
- initial and medial bāʾ tāʾthāʾ nūn yāʾ denticles
- initial top right serif
- medial short pointed denticles
counters
- hā' counters
- isolated one-eyed triangular (murabba'ah)
- initial / medial double eyed (wajh al-hirr)
- medial v-shape with bottom closed loop towards the right
- final s-shaped (muḥdawdibah)
- final one-eyed (mardufah) triangular with elongated vertical shaft
- fā' qāf wāw counters
- rounded head
- medial 'ain ghayn counters
- wide inverted triangle
- mīm counters
- rounded head pointed chin
vocalization and diacritics
- hamza vocalization and diacritics
- small ‘ain
- sukūn vocalization and diacritics
- wedge
- shadda vocalization and diacritics
- tall denticles touching upper vowel
- ihmāl vocalization and diacritics
- subscript miniature letter for hā’/ ʿayn/ sīn / sād / ṭa
- superscript miniature kāf for medial or inital form
- ihmāl - v-shaped