Arabic writing styles
TitusNemeth opened this issue · 1 comments
TitusNemeth commented
Section 2.7.2. Different writing styles has some errors in it.
Ibn Muqla lived hundreds of years before the styles Ruqʻa, Taʻlīq and Diwani even arose, so couldn't have described them. I would suggest generally avoiding somewhat mystical figures and sources such as Muqla, of whom we have very little first-hand evidence. I guess the text meant to refer to the Six Pens, canonised later and comprising different styles.