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https://asia.si.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nastaliq-master-pupil-banner-scaled.jpg25601098Calligraphy Implements | Before Nasta’liq | Khafi and Jali Calligraphy, or “beautiful writing,” has long been acknowledged as one of the most revered artistic achievements of the Islamic world. Calligraphy originally evolved to give visual form to the Koran, the word of God as transmitted to the Prophet Muhammad. From the eleventh century onward, this ...