Sini (script)

Sini (from Arabic: ٱلْخَطُ ٱلصِّينِيُّ, Al-khaṭ as-ṣīnī, lit. 'The Chinese script') is a calligraphic style used in China for the Arabic script. While Sini Script can refer to any type of Arabic Calligraphy influenced by Chinese Calligraphy, it exists on a spectrum in which the amount of Chinese influence increases as it is found further East.^[1]^[2] While Sini script resembles thuluth script, it adapts itself to local styles in Chinese Mosques.^[3]^[4] Although Sini script exists on a broad spectrum, the most well-known form of Sini script, standardized during the Ming Dynasty, is characterized by its “round, flowing” Arabic letters featuring the “tapered” style more commonly found in Chinese calligraphy.^[5] It is also characterized by its thick horizontal and fine vertical strokes, a result that is achieved by using a brush rather than a qalam, which is the traditional writing pen for Islamic calligraphy.^[4]

One Sini calligrapher is Hajji Noor Deen Mi Guangjiang (b. 1963).^[6]^[1]

^ ^a ^b Stöcker-Parnian, Barbara (2013). Gharipour, Mohammad (ed.). Chapter Eight Calligraphy in Chinese Mosques: At the Intersection of Arabic and Chinese Calligraphy in "Calligraphy and Architecture in the Muslim World". Edinburgh University Press. p. 145.
^ Smith, G. Rex (1994). Roper, Geoffrey (ed.). "World survey of Islamic manuscripts". Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society. 6 (2): 73.
^ Armijo, Jacequeline (2008). "Islam in China". Asian Islam in the 21st Century. Oxford University Press. p. 203.
^ ^a ^b Ghoname, Hala (2015). Sini Calligraphy: The Preservation of Chinese Muslims' Cultural Heritage. LAP Lambert Academic Publishing. p. 31. ISBN 9783659776519.
^ Garnuet, Anthony (March 2006). "Islamic Calligraphy in China". China Heritage Newsletter. Retrieved April 23, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ Cite error: The named reference :6 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[:02-1] Stöcker-Parnian, Barbara (2013). Gharipour, Mohammad (ed.). Chapter Eight Calligraphy in Chinese Mosques: At the Intersection of Arabic and Chinese Calligraphy in "Calligraphy and Architecture in the Muslim World". Edinburgh University Press. p. 145.

[2] Smith, G. Rex (1994). Roper, Geoffrey (ed.). "World survey of Islamic manuscripts". Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society. 6 (2): 73.

[:12-3] Armijo, Jacequeline (2008). "Islam in China". Asian Islam in the 21st Century. Oxford University Press. p. 203.

[:22-4] Ghoname, Hala (2015). Sini Calligraphy: The Preservation of Chinese Muslims' Cultural Heritage. LAP Lambert Academic Publishing. p. 31. ISBN 9783659776519.

[:32-5] Garnuet, Anthony (March 2006). "Islamic Calligraphy in China". China Heritage Newsletter. Retrieved April 23, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[:6-6] Cite error: The named reference :6 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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