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| text    = ''Pictured left:'' The stylized signature ([[tughra]]) of [[Sultan]] [[Mahmud II]] of the [[Ottoman Empire]] was written in an expressive calligraphy. It reads ''Mahmud Khan son of Abdulhamid is forever victorious.''

'''[[Islamic calligraphy]]''' is the art of writing, and by extension, of bookmaking. This art has most often employed the [[Arabic script]], throughout many languages. Calligraphy is especially revered among [[Islamic arts]] since it was the primary means for the preservation of the [[Qur'an]].

Throughout Islamic history, the work of calligraphers was collected and appreciated. Consideration of figurative art as idolatrous led to calligraphy and abstract figures becoming the main methods of artistic expression in Islamic cultures.

[[Arabic]], [[Persian language|Persian]] and [[Ottoman Turkish language|Ottoman Turkish]] [[calligraphy]] is associated with geometric [[Islamic]] art (the [[Arabesque (Islamic art)|Arabesque]]) on the walls and ceilings of [[mosques]] as well as on the page. Contemporary [[artists]] in the [[Islamic world]] draw on the heritage of calligraphy to use calligraphic inscriptions or abstractions in their work.
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