tevki
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thumb|Qur'an verse 3:85-88 written in tawqi‘ with Persian annotations in Naskh (script)|naskh (14th century) Tawqi‘ () is a calligraphic variety of the Arabic script. It is a modified and smaller version of the thuluth script. Both scripts were developed by Ibn Muqlah. The tawqi‘ script was further refined by Ibn al-Bawwab.
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thumb|Qur'an verse 3:85-88 written in tawqi‘ with Persian annotations in Naskh (script)|naskh (14th century) Tawqi‘ () is a calligraphic variety of the Arabic script. It is a modified and smaller version of the thuluth script. Both scripts were developed by Ibn Muqlah. The tawqi‘ script was further refined by Ibn al-Bawwab.
It was mostly employed in official state papers and documents in the Ottoman Empire, where the script was known as tevki.
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