Name | Dynasty | Details | Justification |
Great Mosque of Zaytuna | Hegira 248 / AD 863Aghlabid, Abbasid | Tunis, Tunisia | The kufic inscription that adorns the dome above the mihrab at Zaytuna Mosque commemorates the Abbasid caliph al-Musta'in who ordered its construction in 250 / 865.Name | Dynasty | Details | Justification |
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Great Mosque of Zaytuna | Hegira 248 / AD 863Aghlabid, Abbasid | Tunis, Tunisia | General view of the Zituna Mosque in Tunis. | Great Mosque of Zaytuna | Hegira 248 / AD 863Aghlabid, Abbasid | Tunis, Tunisia | Detail of the kufic inscription on the dome above the mihrab at the Zituna Mosque in Tunis. | |
Inscription stone | Hegira, first half of the 2nd century / AD 8th centuryUmayyad | Jordan Archaeological Museum Amman, Jordan | The inscription carved on this capital in a recessing fashion is a precursor to relief-carved kufic script. |
Plate | Around hegira 6th century / AD 12th centuryAtabeg | National Museum of Damascus Damascus, Syria | Decorated in the centre with the word 'mulk' (sovereignty) in foliated kufic script in which each letter ends with decorative flora. |