Islamic Period Inscriptions

now the Post Islamic Inscriptions

as i mentioned earlier the current Arabic Script was developed to its current forum somtime in the 4the centurey, So when islam came its already been used as the most common Script Used by Arabs.

off course it is not exactly as it is today but its like 95% the same.

i will put the earliest ones used by the early years of Islam and the time of the early Caliphates such as the Umayyads.

an introduction from the site.

Aramaic script existed in the north of Arabian Peninsula from which developed various branches of writings interconnected with each other, such as Nabataean & Neo-Semitic, from which later developed Arabic writing. With the advent of Islam and the Holy Qu'ran in the Arabic language, Arabic developed and was spread more rapidly all over the Arabian Peninsula and the Islamic world.

for the complete intro visit this site.  http://www.mnh.si.edu/EPIGRAPHY/e_islamic/islamic.htm

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nowadays there are many types of Arabic Scripts ( writing types)

one of the early ones were called Kufi, which was used in Kufa in Iraq.

such as the below one  which is dated back to 700 AD

Signpost Basalt 50cm x 42cm x 13cm First century (AH) / c. 700 (AD) NMSA Object #1356   ---------------- i will post more examples and other types laters.	Translation (i)- One mile from (ii) - the postal stage (iii)- which is the (iv) - sixty second (v)- postal stage from (vi) - al- Kufa (to Makkah)

thanx malizai

the below picture of a tombstone from 800s  AD

Translation
In the name of God, the beneficent, the Merciful
Witness Abdul Rehman bin Yazid
that there is no God but God and
He is one with no companion
and that Mohammad is his servant and the messenger
and the Day of Judgment will come
there is not doubt about it

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another type of writing is Naskh,

which is smoother than the Kufi ones.

Translation
In the name of God Most Gracious, Most Merciful
Their Lord doth give them good tiding of a mercy from Him and acceptance
and gardens where enduring pleasure will be theirs.
There they will abide for ever. Lo! with Allah there is immense reward.
This is the grave of the poor in want for Almighty God
Who accepts his sins and submits to his God, the Father of the poor and the orphans and the needed
al-Sheikh Afifallah bin
Abdullah bin Ali bin Sulaiman bin Arafa al Makki
Died for the mercy of God on the 6th of the year 767 (AH)

Outlined border inscription:

Allah! There is no God save Him, the Alive, the Eternal.
Neither slumber nor sleep overtaketh Him.
Unto Him belongeth whatsoever is in the heavens and
Whatsoever is in the earth.
Who is he that intercedeth with Him
Save by His leave? He knoweth that which is in front of him and
that which is behind them, while they encompass nothing of
His knowledge save what He will.
His Throne includeth the heavens and the earth,
and He is never
Weary of preserving them. He is the Sublime, the Tremendous.

Prophet Mohammed's letter to Heracules

this letter curently in Central Bank of Jordan.