Dating back to the early Islamic era, the gravestone was discovered in a holy shrine in Saman county, a local tourism chief has said. The gravestone belonging to Harun Ibn Musa bears great ...

Iranian calligrapher holds live demos of the revered style at Sharjah International Book Fair Sharjah: An Iranian calligrapher is holding live demonstrations of the dying Kufic script, the oldest form ...

PM Narendra Modi, who called on Sayyed Ali Khamenei at his office, gifted the Supreme Leader the specially commissioned reproduction of rare 7th Century manuscript of the Holy Quran. Prime Minister ...

The letters and other patterns in the designs are inspired from the kufic, one of the earliest scripts in which the Quran was written, says Iram Zia Raja, the National College of Arts Textile ...

Al-Rashidi studied the intricacies of Arabic calligraphy at Madinah’s King Abdul Aziz University for four years under the supervision of notable calligraphy professors. Practiced for hundreds of years ...

Burial costumes from Viking boat graves have provided more evidence of contact between Nordic tribes and ancient Islam. A study of the garments, found in 9th and 10th century graves, has revealed the ...