Sini (script)

(surah Yaseen verses 33-34) Sini (from , , ) is a calligraphic style used in China for the Arabic script. While Sini Script can refer to any type of Arabic Calligraphy influenced by Chinese Calligraphy, it exists on a spectrum in which the amount of Chinese influence increases as it is found further East. While Sini script resembles thuluth script, it is adapted to local styles in Chinese Mosques. Although Sini script exists on a broad spectrum, the most well-known form of Sini script, standardized during the Ming Dynasty, is characterized by its "round, flowing" Arabic letters featuring the "tapered" style more commonly found in Chinese calligraphy. It is also characterized by its thick horizontal and fine vertical strokes, a result that is due to the use of a brush rather than a qalam, which is the traditional writing pen for Islamic calligraphy. One notable Sini calligrapher is Hajji Noor Deen Mi Guangjiang (b. 1963).

(surah Yaseen verses 33-34)]] Sini (from , , ) is a calligraphic style used in China for the Arabic script. While Sini Script can refer to any type of Arabic Calligraphy influenced by Chinese Calligraphy, it exists on a spectrum in which the amount of Chinese influence increases as it is found further East. While Sini script resembles thuluth script, it is adapted to local styles in Chinese Mosques. Although Sini script exists on a broad spectrum, the most well-known form of Sini script, standardized during the Ming Dynasty, is characterized by its "round, flowing" Arabic letters featuring the "tapered" style more commonly found in Chinese calligraphy. It is also characterized by its thick horizontal and fine vertical strokes, a result that is due to the use of a brush rather than a qalam, which is the traditional writing pen for Islamic calligraphy. One notable Sini calligrapher is Hajji Noor Deen Mi Guangjiang (b. 1963). ==Gallery== File:Allah Names in Chinese Arabic Script.jpg|The names of Allah in Chinese Arabic Sini Script File:Quran with Chinese translation.jpg|Quran with Chinese translation recorded in both Arabic script of Xiao'erjing and Chinese scripts File:Qur'anic Manuscript - Sini script.jpg|Qur'anic Manuscript in Sini script File:Book-in-Xiaoerjing.png|A book on law in Arabic, with a parallel Chinese translation in the Xiao'erjing Arabic script, published in Tashkent in 1899¹ File:Arabic Plaque, Great Mosque, Xian.jpg|Calligraphy on a plaque in the Great Mosque of Xi'an in Sini script File:Sini script.jpg|The Basmala in Sini script File:Al-ḥamd li-Allāh Xi'an.jpg|Taḥmīd ("Praise be to God") in Arabic Ṣīnī-style calligraphy at the Great Mosque of Xi'an ==See also== Islamic calligraphy Chinese calligraphy Xiao'erjing: the use of Arabic script for writing Chinese language ==References== Islamic Calligraphy in China, China Heritage Newsletter, Number 5 (March 2006)

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