Yaqut al-Musta'simi

Yaqut al-Musta'simi
ياقوت المستعصمي
Double page from the Qur’an copied by Ya'qut al-Musta'simi in Baghdad, 1282–1283 AD (681 AH). Main text in Muhaqqaq script, incidentals in Kufic.
BornAmaseia
(modern-day Amasya, Turkey)
Died1298
Known forIslamic calligraphy
Patron(s)Al-Musta'sim

Yaqut al-Musta'simi (Arabic: ياقوت المستعصمي) (died 1298) was a well-known calligrapher and secretary of the last Abbasid caliph.

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