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Nastaliq
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<p><i>Nastaliq</i> , also <a href="/facts/Romanization_of_Persian/qlHk4p54">romanized</a> as <i>Nastaʿlīq</i> or <i>Nastaleeq</i>, is one of the main <a href="/facts/Book_hand/sft6d8h8">calligraphic hands</a> used to write the <a href="/facts/Arabic_script/GB5gsj1F">Perso-Arabic script</a> and it is used for some <a href="/facts/Indo-Iranian_languages/uIfMNTQV">Indo-Iranian languages</a>, predominantly <a href="/facts/Persian_language/jfUYbHbt">Classical Persian</a>, <a href="/facts/Kashmiri_language/b35X0L3H">Kashmiri</a>, <a href="/facts/Shahmukhi/nageddhg">Punjabi</a> and <a href="/facts/Urdu/oLrhuXc6">Urdu</a>. It is often used also for <a href="/facts/Ottoman_Turkish/z17YMfhT">Ottoman Turkish</a> poetry, but rarely for <a href="/facts/Arabic/A1e66hVV">Arabic</a>. <i>Nastaliq</i> developed in <a href="/facts/Iran/24yukge8">Iran</a> from <i><a href="/facts/Naskh_(script)/LVBWMqbg">naskh</a></i> beginning in the 13th century and remains widely used in <a href="/facts/Iran/24yukge8">Iran</a>, <a href="/facts/India/1kKHcnxM">India</a>, Afghanistan, <a href="/facts/Pakistan/cbIsvJy1">Pakistan</a>, and other countries for written poetry and as a form of art. </p>