Bihārī calligraphy - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
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Brac de la Perrière, Eloïse
Leiden
Brill
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Developed in pre-Mughal India beginning in the seventh/thirteenth century, Bihārī calligraphy (khaṭṭ-i bihārī) continued to be used in certain manuscripts and in specific contexts up to the nineteenth century. In its early forms-the monumental epigraphy of the late seventh/thirteenth century and the manuscripts of the late eighth/fourteenth century-this calligraphic style showed characteristics intermediate between angular and cursive scripts; later, from the ninth/fifteenth century onwards, it shared some traits with muḥaqqaq (lit., established), one of the six calligraphic styles recorded since the ʿAbbāsid