Rayhani script

Yaqut al-Musta’simi. Baghdad, 1286/1287. Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum

Reyhan or Rayḥānī (

Arabic: ریحان) is one of the six canonical scripts of Perso-Arabic calligraphy. The word Reyhan means basil in Arabic and Persian. Reyhan is considered a finer variant of Muhaqqaq script, likened to flowers and leaves of basil.^[1]

Rayḥānī was developed during the

Yaqut al-Musta’simi's method.^[3]

References

^ "معرفی خط ریحان". golestane.net. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
^ الفخرو، إبراهيم بن يوسف (2015م). رحلة الخط العربي في ظلال المصحف الشريف (الطبعة الأولى). صفحة 100
^ Nassar Mansour Yaqut al-Musta’simi, Analytical Study of the Technical Characteristics of his Method in Rayhani Script, (in Arabic), 2018, Jordan Journal of History and Archaeology

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[1] "معرفی خط ریحان". golestane.net. Retrieved 1 September 2015.

[2] الفخرو، إبراهيم بن يوسف (2015م). رحلة الخط العربي في ظلال المصحف الشريف (الطبعة الأولى). صفحة 100

[3] Nassar Mansour Yaqut al-Musta’simi, Analytical Study of the Technical Characteristics of his Method in Rayhani Script, (in Arabic), 2018, Jordan Journal of History and Archaeology

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