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India: Shikastah calligraphy. From an album or muraqqa' compiled in the Deccan in the late 19th century CE

India: Shikastah calligraphy. From an album or muraqqa' compiled in the Deccan in the late 19th century CE

Shekasteh or Shekasteh Nasta`liq (Persian: شکسته‌نستعلیق‎ šekaste-nasta'liq (UniPers); literally 'broken Nastaʿlīq") style is a Persian calligraphical style.

It is a successor of Nastaʿlīq.

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