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Mihrab, Janghar village, 1314, Epigraphic Round Script

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License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Entry ID: India_SS_03
Author: Saarthak Singh
Date: 1 Dhu’l-Hijja, 714 H.; March 8, 1314
Localization Exactitude Degree: Exact
Place of Production: India, Madhya Pradesh, Ashoknagar district, Isagarh tehsil, Janghar village
Present Location: At the entrance of a mosque in the village
Language: Persian
Type of text: Foundation inscription
Nature of the Text: Other
Text Content: Records the construction of the mosque in the reign of Sultan ‘Alā’ al-Dīn Khaljī and governorship of Malik Tamur by Muhammad b. Mahmūd Darwīsh Multānī.
Script: Epigraphic Round Script
Type of Object: architectural element\mihrab
Writing Surface: stone\type of stone\sandstone
Shape (Epigraphy): rectangular
Size (of the object): 130 x 30 cm
Layout (Epigraphy & Objects): 2
Technique: carved / bas-relief - flat relief
Instrument: chisel
Bibliography: Khan, M. F. “A New Inscription of Alaud-Din Khalji from Madhya Pradesh.” In Epigraphia Indica : Arabic and Persian Supplement (EIAPS). 1976. 24-26, pl. 3b.

Script descriptor

See the lexicon

General Script Characteristics

Shape: rectangular
Internal Structure: linear; partially interwoven
Line of Writing: horizontal
Groups of Characters Baseline: oblique
Character Spacing: regular spaces between characters
Presence of Elongation: occasional
Elongated Letters: nūn, sīn/shīn, sād/ḍād, yā’, lām and qāf bowl; yā’ rajiah; final bā’/ṭā' /fā’ bowl
Length of Elongation: varied length of elongations
Ligature: Conventional - curvilinear
Shading / Contrast: non-nuanced strokes

Letter Morphology

Point: round dot

Ascenders

Alif Ascenders: alif - vertical; alif - non serifed
Lām Ascenders: lām - vertical; lām - non serifed
Kāf Ascenders: medial and final elongated (mabsūṭah)
ṭā' ẓā' ascenders: rounded body; vertical shaft no serif

Descenders

wāw descenders: wāw - short curvilinear tail
rā' zā' descenders: rā'/zā' - short curvilinear tail; rā'/zā' - long curvilinear tail
mīm descenders: mīm - vertical downstroke; mīm - short curvilinear tail
nūn sīn shīn sādḍād yā’ lām and qāf descenders: wide bowl; plunging open bowl
yā’ al-rāji’ah descenders: backward oblique stroke

horizontals

bāʾ tāʾ thāʾ fāʾ kāf horizontals: elongated open straight bowl on baseline

denticles

sīn shīn denticles: rounded base denticles
initial and medial bāʾ tāʾthāʾ nūn yāʾ denticles: initial perpendicular to baseline

counters

hā' counters: initial / medial double eyed (wajh al-hirr); isolated one-eyed triangular (murabba'ah)
fā' qāf wāw counters: soft triangular head
mīm counters: circular head

Image ID Entry: India_SS_03a
Description: Mihrab, Janghar village, 1314, Epigraphic Round Script
Photographer: Saarthak Singh
Copyrights Holder: Saarthak Singh
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Access Rights: Public

Image ID Entry: India_SS_03b
Description: Mihrab, Janghar village, 1314, Epigraphic Round Script
Photographer: Saarthak Singh
Copyrights Holder: Saarthak Singh
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Access Rights: Public

Image ID Entry: India_SS_03c
Description: Mihrab, Janghar village, 1314, Epigraphic Round Script
Photographer: Saarthak Singh
Copyrights Holder: Saarthak Singh
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Access Rights: Public