Kufic script from the 1st century AH (8th century AD)

by Joerg Blumtritt , 2019-09-20

Dated year 3 AH (700 AD). Museum of calligraphy, Sharjah

This historic page shows the second phase in the development of the Arabic script that uses red dots. The position of the point above, below or in front of a character symbolizes the more modern accents. These accents represent the vowel sounds. Qur’anic verses

This historic piece shows the last phase (in the development) of Arabic Kufic script that uses black dots to distinguish letters that have the same basic form but different sounds. Example: Jim, kh and h Quranic verses