Tombstone, Thatta, late 15th- early 16th century, Muḥaqqaq ; Thuluth

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Entry ID: Pakistan_FQ_15
Author: Fatima Quraishi
Date: 1476 – 1525
Localization Exactitude Degree: Exact
Place of Production: Pakistan, Sindh province, Thatta, Makli Necropolis, Tomb of Sister of Fath Khan
Language: Arabic
Type of text: Quran
Nature of the Text: Reference for Quranic verses
Text Content: 2:255 & 3:147 (partial), Bisimilah
Script: Muḥaqqaq; Thuluth
Type of Object: cenotaph/tombstone
Writing Surface: stone\type of stone\sandstone
Layout (Epigraphy & Objects): 1
Technique: carved / bas-relief - flat relief
Instrument: chisel
Bibliography: Saljūqī, Fikrī. Risāla-yi mazārāt-i Harāt. Taʿliqāt. Kabul, 1967. 157;; Blair, Sheila S. “The Madrasa at Zuzan: Islamic Architecture in Eastern Iran on the Eve of the Mongol Invasions.” Muqarnas 3 (1985): 81;; Patel, Alka. Iran to India: The Shansabanis of Afghanistan, c. 1145–119. Edinburgh University Press, 2021. 344 (reading by V. Allegranzi);; Online publication: TEI, no. 37804 (reading by L. Kalus).
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ḍamma vocalization and diacritics: short round tail; needle point eye
shadda vocalization and diacritics: tall denticles
ihmāl vocalization and diacritics: subscript miniature letter for hā’/ ʿayn/ sīn / sād / ṭa

Image ID Entry: Pakistan_FQ_15a
Description: Beam, Thatta, late 14th- early 15th century, Naskhī regional variant
Photographer: Fatima Quraishi
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