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Rayhani script

Rayhani script
Opening pages from a Qur'an copied in rayhani by Yaqut al-Musta’simi. Baghdad, 1286/1287. Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum
Opening pages from a Qur'an copied in rayhani by Yaqut al-Musta’simi. Baghdad, 1286/1287. Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum
Double-page from a Mamluk Qur'an copied in rayhani by Ali ibn Muhammad al-Mukattib al-Ashrafi (attribution). Cairo, c. 1370–1375. British Library
Double-page from a Mamluk Qur'an copied in rayhani by Ali ibn Muhammad al-Mukattib al-Ashrafi (attribution). Cairo, c. 1370–1375. British Library
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Reyhan or Rayḥānī (Arabic: ریحان) is one of the six canonical scripts of Perso-Arabic calligraphy. The word Reyhan means basil in Arabic and Persian. Reyhan is considered a finer variant of Muhaqqaq script, likened to flowers and leaves of basil.

Rayḥānī was developed during the Abbasid era by Ibn al-Bawwab. Academic studies of Rayhani have included an analytical study of the technical characteristics of Yaqut al-Musta’simi's method.

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