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The 22 pages that link to Islamic calligraphy, each with the reason it gives.

• QuranRelated: Quranic passages have inspired major traditions of sacred writing and manuscript design.

• Islamic architectureRelated: Inscriptions make writing a major architectural ornament while also conveying religious and civic texts.

• DhikrRelated: Written invocations can make remembrance visible in devotional spaces and objects.

• Great Mosque of CórdobaRelated: Inscriptions in the mosque’s decorative program connect architectural ornament with religious text and royal patronage.

• MihrabRelated: Inscriptions often frame mihrabs and reinforce their religious setting.

• IjazahRelated: In some calligraphic traditions, ijazah recognizes a student’s mastery and permission to teach a style.

• Abd al-Malik ibn MarwanRelated: The Dome of the Rock’s inscriptions exemplify the public prominence of Arabic writing under his rule.

• Umayyad architectureRelated: Inscriptions made writing a prominent architectural ornament, notably on the Dome of the Rock.

• AdhanRelated: Adhan phrases are often inscribed in mosque calligraphy and devotional art.

• Moorish architectureRelated: Inscriptions make writing an architectural ornament on walls, portals, and prayer spaces.

• Great Mosque of KairouanRelated: Inscriptions and carved script contribute to the mosque’s devotional decoration.

• MuezzinRelated: Calligraphy and the adhan are distinct ways Islamic traditions give public form to sacred language.

• Sankoré MadrasahRelated: Copying and preserving Arabic texts depended on skilled manuscript writing.

• Kamāl ud-Dīn BehzādRelated: In illustrated manuscripts, his paintings shared the page with carefully designed calligraphy.

• Mosque–Cathedral of CórdobaRelated: Calligraphic inscriptions contribute to the decoration of the mihrab and its surrounding surfaces.

• Islamic cultureRelated: Calligraphy gives sacred and literary texts a major visual presence.