Reqā'

{{Short description|Script of Arabic calligraphy}} {{About|({{lang|ar|رقاع|italic=no}}), the traditional hand of the six proportional scripts|the hand for fast writing developed in the 19th century ({{lang|ar|رقعة|italic=no}})|Ruqʿah script}}{{Italic title}} '''''Reqāʿ''''' ({{langx|ar|رِقَاع|Riqāʿ}}) is one of the six scripts of Arabic calligraphy used primarily for letters, edicts, or manuscripts.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Proportional Scripts |url=https://www3.metmuseum.org/learn/educators/curriculum-resources/art-of-the-islamic-world/unit-two/proportional-scripts |access-date=2023-04-21 |website=The Metropolitan Museum of Art}}</ref> ''Reqa'<nowiki/>'' was used for private correspondence on small papers or for nonreligious books and texts. Ibn al-Nadim mentioned in ''Al-Fihrist'' that the inventor of ''Reqaʿ'' was al-Fadl ibn Sahl.{{Citation needed|date=May 2022}} This script was one of the most popular scripts in the Ottoman Empire. ''Reqaʿ'' was gradually simplified by other calligraphers, and was changed into a form called ''Ruqʿah'' ({{Lang|ar|رُقعة}}) or ''Riqʿah'' ({{Lang|ar|رِقعة}}), which is now the most common handwriting script in the Arab world.<ref>{{citation|surname1=Ali Akbar Dehkhoda|title=Dehkhoda Dictionary |publisher=Tehran University|isbn=9789640396179|date= 1945|trans-title=Farhang-e Dehkhoda|language=German}}</ref>

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