Qurʼan in Ottoman naskh script.
Qurʼan in Ottoman naskh script.
An illuminated copy of the Qurʾan executed by Ḥusayn al-Amāsī, Imam of Mehmet the Conqueror’s Mosque in Istanbul, in 1072/1661. It was copied in Ottoman naskh script with a characteristic head-serif on the letter lām (and other letters such as ṭāʾ) in the shape of a slightly up-turned short stroke on the left of its shaft.