NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Scripts used for Persian

Old Persian:
- Old Persian cuneiform script,
Middle Persian (or Pahlavi):
- Pahlavi,
- Manichean script—by Persian-speaking Manichees,
Modern Persian:
- Persian variant of the Arabic alphabet.

Categories: Writing system stubs | Persian language Sketch of the first column of the Behistun Inscription Old Persian is the oldest attested Persid language. ... The Pahlavi script was used broadly in the Sasanid Persian Empire to write down Middle Persian for secular, as well as religious purposes. ... Persian is an Indo-European language spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Bahrain, Iraq, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Southern Russia, neighboring countries, and elsewhere. ... It has been suggested that Persian language#Arabic Alphabet be merged into this article or section. ... The Arabic alphabet is the script used for writing in the Arabic language. ...

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Persian alphabet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (178 words)
	For a complete description of the scripts that have been used to write Persian language through the history, see scripts used for Persian.
	The script used for the Persian language is a modified form of the Arabic alphabet, with a few extra letters.
	A slightly further modified form is used for Urdu.

Iransaga - Persian Calligraphy (537 words)
	The Arabic script was adopted in Iran quite soon after the Islamic conquest of AD 642, largely because it was the official script of the new state into which Iran was incorporated.
	Persian calligraphers excelled in all styles of writing; the elegant large muhaqqaq, the finer rihani, and the heavy pliable thuluth script to name a few.
	The Arabic script was derived from the Syriac and the Nabatean, which is characterised by a contrast between vertical lines and the horizontal based line formed by the links between the letters.

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