Sini (script)
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Sini is a Chinese Islamic calligraphic form for the Arabic script. It can refer to any type of Chinese Islamic calligraphy, but is commonly used to refer to one with thick and tapered effects, much like Chinese calligraphy. It is used extensively in mosques in eastern China, and to a lesser extent in Gansu, Ningxia, and Shaanxi. A famous Sini calligrapher is Hajji Noor Deen Mi Guangjiang.
Gallery
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Quran with Chinese translation recorded in both Arabic script of Xiao'erjing and Chinese scripts
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An Arabic book on Islamic ritual, with a parallel Chinese translation in the Xiao'erjing Arabic script, published in Tashkent in 1899
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An example of the Sini script
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Calligraphy on a plaque in the Great Mosque of Xi'an in Sini script
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Allah Names in Chinese Arabic Sini Script
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Chinese quran
See also
- Islamic calligraphy
- Chinese calligraphy
- Xiao'erjing: the use of Arabic script for writing Chinese language.
- Arabic inscriptions in Persia
External links
- Islamic Calligraphy in China, China Heritage Newsletter, Number 5 (March 2006)
- Hajji Noor Deen's Website, features Sini galleries
- Islamic Chinese Art (Dru C. Gladney's photo album on Flickr.com)
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