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Yaqut al-Musta'simi

Yaqut al-Musta'simi represents the height of late Abbasid calligraphic refinement.

BORN c. 1221 CE · Anatolia or Abbasid landsDIED 1298 CE · Baghdad, IraqERA Late Abbasid and Mongol
NOTABLE CONTRIBUTION

Became a master calligrapher whose style shaped later manuscript copying across Islamic lands.

THE RECORD
  • He worked in Baghdad around the time of the Mongol conquest.
  • He refined the six canonical scripts used in Arabic calligraphy.
  • Later Ottoman, Persian, and Arab calligraphers studied his style.
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