Ibn Muqla

Abu 'ali Muhammad Ibn 'ali Ibn Muqlah Shirazi( Persian : ابن المقله شیرازی) Iranien Origine (born 886 in Baghdad--died 20 July 940 there) was an Islamic calligrapher, one of the foremost of the Abbasid age. It is thought that he invented the thuluth script, the first cursive style of Arabic, though none of his original work remains. Ibn Muqlah was also a government official. By age 22 he was a scribe as well as holding two other important jobs. He was the vizier three times under the Abbasaid caliph in Baghdad. After years of fighting for causes he believed in, he was publicly disgraced and imprisoned in 936. After four years of maltreatment, he died. It is said that writing poured from his hands, and to his followers he was considered a prophet and a hero. Along with Ibn al-Bawwab and Yaqut al-Musta'simi , he is considered the founder of the modern style. v t e

Abu 'Ali Muhammad ibn 'Ali ibn Muqla al-Shirazi ( Baghdad , 885/6 – Baghdad, 20 July 940) was a Persian official of the Abbasid Caliphate who rose to high state posts in the early 10th century. His career culminated in his own assumption of the vizierate at Baghdad thrice, in 928–930, 932–933 and 934–936. Unable to successfully challenge the growing power of regional emirs, he lost his position to the first amir al-umara , Ibn Ra'iq , and died in prison. He was also a noted calligrapher .

Abu Ali Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Muqla ( ; 885/6 – 20 July 940/1), commonly known as Ibn Muqla , was a Persian official of the Abbasid Caliphate who rose to high state posts in the early 10th century. His career culminated in his own assumption of the vizierate at Baghdad thrice: in 928–930, 932–933 and 934–936. Unable to successfully challenge the growing power of regional emirs, he lost his position to the first amir al-umara , Ibn Ra'iq , and died in prison. He was also a noted calligrapher .

Abbasid vizier and Arabic calligrapher Abu Ali Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Muqla ( ; 885/6 – 20 July 940/1), commonly known as Ibn Muqla , was an official of the Abbasid Caliphate of Persian origin who rose to high state posts in the early 10th century. His career culminated in his own assumption of the vizierate at Baghdad thrice: in 928–930, 932–933 and 934–936. Unable to successfully challenge the growing power of regional emirs, he lost his position to the first amir al-umara , Ibn Ra'iq , and died in prison. He was also a noted calligrapher , inventing al-khatt al-mansūb ( الخط المنسوب ) and khatt ath-thuluth ( خط الثلث ).