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Description Arabic alphabet in Kufic script, cropped from page 4 of Fry's Pantographia (1799)

"The most ancient Arabic Letters are the Kufic, so named from the City of Kufa on the Euphrates; (Encyc. Franc. des Alph. anc. et mod. Pl. 3.) but they do not appear to be in use at this time.--This alphabet was communicated to Dr. Morton of the British Museum, by Dr. Hunt, Hebrew and Arabic Professor at Oxford, from the Bodleian Library. Dr. Morton's Tables."

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  • Usage on ar.wikipedia.org
    • خط كوفي
    • بوابة:اللغة العربية/مقالة مختارة
    • بوابة:اللغة العربية/مقالة مختارة/2
  • Usage on ar.wiktionary.org
    • بوابة:الحروف العربية
    • ويكاموس:بوابة حروف عربية/صورة/1
  • Usage on az.wikipedia.org
    • Kufi xətti
  • Usage on bn.wikipedia.org
    • কুফী লিপি
  • Usage on ckb.wikipedia.org
    • ئەلفوبێی عەرەبی
  • Usage on cs.wikipedia.org
    • Kúfské písmo
  • Usage on eo.wikipedia.org
    • Kufa skribo
  • Usage on fa.wikipedia.org
    • خط (نوشتار)
    • خط کوفی
  • Usage on fr.wikipedia.org
    • Kufi
  • Usage on he.wikipedia.org
    • כתב כופי
  • Usage on hu.wikipedia.org
    • Kufikus írás
  • Usage on id.wikipedia.org
    • Kufi
  • Usage on ja.wikipedia.org
    • クーフィー体
  • Usage on ko.wikipedia.org
    • 쿠픽
  • Usage on ml.wikipedia.org
    • കുഫിക്
  • Usage on ms.wikipedia.org
    • Kufi (seni khat)
  • Usage on mzn.wikipedia.org
    • خط
  • Usage on th.wikipedia.org
    • กูฟีย์

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