Arch, Dhar, 1456-1457, Epigraphic Round Script

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Entry ID: India_SS_31
Author: Saarthak Singh
Date: 861 H.; 1456 – 1457
Localization Exactitude Degree: Exact
Place of Production: India, Madhya Pradesh, Dhar
Present Location: Dargāh Kamāl Maulā, over the main entrance to the complex
Language: Persian
Type of text: Foundation inscription
Text Content: Records the renovation of the tomb complex on the orders of Mahmūd Shāh
Script: Epigraphic Round Script
Signature: Ḥabīb al-Ḥāfiz̤ al-Shirāzī al-Murshidī
Signature Role: calligrapher
Type of Object: architectural element\arch
Writing Surface: stone\type of stone\granite
Shape (Epigraphy): other
Size (of the object): 170 x 76 cm
Layout (Epigraphy & Objects): 21
Technique: incised
Instrument: chisel

See the lexicon

sīn shīn denticles: short pointed denticles
initial and medial bāʾ tāʾthāʾ nūn yāʾ denticles: initial perpendicular to baseline

hā' counters: isolated one-eyed triangular (murabba'ah); initial / medial double-eyed top and bottom (mulawwazah); initial / medial double eyed (wajh al-hirr); final one-eyed (mardufah) rounded; hā' mounted on 'alif
fā' qāf wāw counters: rounded head
medial 'ain ghayn counters: wide inverted triangle
mīm counters: rounded head

fatḥa kasra vocalization and diacritics: elongated stroke
ḍamma vocalization and diacritics: oblique tail (10°-35°)
hamza vocalization and diacritics: small ‘ain
sukūn vocalization and diacritics: circle
shadda vocalization and diacritics: tall denticles
ihmāl vocalization and diacritics: superscript miniature kāf for medial or inital form