Nastaliq
| Nastaliq نَسْتَعْلِیق | |
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| Script type | |
Period | 14th century AD – present |
| Direction | Right-to-left |
| Region | Commonly used in Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan, India and Xinjiang Historically used in Iraq, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Tajikistan |
| Languages | Classical Persian Kashmiri Punjabi Urdu Turkic languages |
| ISO 15924 | |
| ISO 15924 | Aran (161), Arabic (Nastaliq variant) |
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Nastaliq (/ˌnæstəˈliːk, ˈnæstəliːk/; Persian: [næstʰæʔliːq]; Urdu: [nəst̪ɑːliːq]), also romanized as Nastaʿlīq or Nastaleeq (نَسْتَعْلِیق), is one of the main calligraphic hands used to write Arabic script and is used for some Indo-Iranian languages, predominantly Classical Persian, Kashmiri, Punjabi and Urdu. It is often used also for Ottoman Turkish poetry, but rarely for Arabic. Nastaliq developed in Iran from naskh beginning in the 13th century and remains widely used in Iran, India, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and other countries for written poetry and as a form of art.