23 Facts About Maghrebi script

Maghrebi script is directly derived from the Kufic script, and is traditionally written with a pointed tip, producing a line of even thickness.

Centuries, Maghrebi script was used to write Arabic manuscripts and record Andalusi and Moroccan literature, whether in Classical Arabic, Maghrebi Arabic, or Amazigh languages.

Arabic Maghrebi script first came to the Maghreb with the Islamic conquests.

Maghrebi script is a direct descendant of the old Kufic script that predated Ibn Muqla's al-khat al-mansub standardization reforms, which affected Mashreqi scripts.

The African Maghrebi script evolved in Ifriqiya from Iraqi Kufic by way of the Kufic of Qairawan.

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The Andalusi Maghrebi script was particular for its rounded letters, as attested to in Al-Maqdisi's geography book The Best Divisions in the Knowledge of the Regions.

The African Maghrebi script had spread throughout the Maghreb before the spread of the Andalusi Maghrebi script.

One of the most famous early users of the Arabic Maghrebi script was Salih ibn Tarif, the leader of the Barghawata Confederacy and the author of a religious text known as the Quran of Salih.

Under the Almoravid dynasty, the Andalusi Maghrebi script spread throughout the Maghreb, reaching Qairawan; the Jerid region, however, kept the African Maghrebi script.

The Almohad caliphs, many of whom were themselves interested in Arabic Maghrebi script, sponsored professional calligraphers, inviting Andalusi scribes and calligraphers to settle in Marrakesh, Fes, Ceuta, and Rabat.

Maghrebi thuluth script was appropriated and adopted as an official "dynastic brand" used in different media, from manuscripts to coinage to fabrics.

Centuries, the Maghrebi script was used to write Arabic manuscripts that were traded throughout the Maghreb.

Kufic Maghrebi script had "an enormous influence on the decorative and graphic aspects of Christian art.

In Iberia, the Arabic Maghrebi script was used to write Romance languages such as Mozarabic, Portuguese, Spanish or Ladino.

Ibn Khaldun noted that the Andalusi Maghrebi script further developed under the Marinid dynasty, when Fes received Andalusi refugees.

Muhammad al-Manuni noted that Maghrebi script essentially reached its final form during the Marinid period, as it became independent of the Andalusi script.

Maghrebi script was divided into different varieties: Kufic, mabsut, mujawhar, Maghrebi thuluth, and musnad.

Maghrebi script was supported by the 17th-century Alawite sultans Al-Rashid and Ismail.

Under Sultan Suleiman, the Maghrebi script improved in urban areas and particularly in the capital Meknes.

Maghrebi script authored Stringing the Pearls of the Thread, a book in the form of an urjuza on the rules of Maghrebi script.

The following year, the Muhammad VI Prize for the Art of Maghrebi Script, organized by the Moroccan Ministry of Islamic Affairs, was announced.

In eastern scripts, the qoph is represented by a circle with two dots above it, whereas the Maghrebi qoph is a circle with just one dot above, similar to the eastern faa.

In fact, concerns over the preservation of Maghrebi script writing traditions played a part in the reservations of the Moroccan ulama's against importing the printing press.