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'''''Nastaliq''''' ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|n|æ|s|t|ə|ˈ|l|iː|k|,_|ˈ|n|æ|s|t|ə|l|iː|k}};<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nastaliq {{!}} Definition of Nastaliq by Oxford Dictionary on Lexico.com also meaning of Nastaliq|url=https://www.lexico.com/definition/nastaliq|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220328182321/https://www.lexico.com/definition/nastaliq|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 28, 2022|access-date=2020-07-05|website=Lexico Dictionaries|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|language=en|via=Lexico.com}}</ref> {{big|{{nq|نَسْتَعْلِیق}}}}, {{IPA-fa|næsˈtʰæʔliːq|lang}}; {{IPA-ur|nəsˈt̪ɑːliːq|lang}}), also [[Romanization of Persian|romanized]] as '''''Nastaʿlīq''''' or '''''Nastaleeq''''', is one of the main [[book hand|calligraphic hands]] used to write the [[Arabic script|Perso-Arabic script]], and it is used for some [[Indo-Iranian languages]], predominantly [[Classical Persian]], [[Urdu]], [[Kashmiri language|Kashmiri]], and [[SaraikiPunjabi languagedialects and languages|SaraikiPunjabic languages]] andsuch as [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] and [[Lahnda]] varieties ([[Shahmukhi]]). It is often used also for [[Ottoman Turkish]] poetry, but rarely for [[Arabic]]. ''Nastaliq'' developed in [[Iran]] from ''[[Naskh (script)|naskh]]'' beginning in the 13th century{{sfn|Blair|p=xxii, 286}}<ref name="Iranica">{{Cite web|url = https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/calligraphy|title = CALLIGRAPHY|author = [[Gholam-Hossein Yousefi|Gholam-Hosayn Yusofi]]|website = [[Encyclopædia Iranica]]|language = en}}</ref> and remains very widely used in Iran, [[Afghanistan]], [[India]] and [[Pakistan]] and other countries for written poetry and as a form of art.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Gulzar, Rahman|first=Atif, Shafiq|date=2007|title=Nastaleeq: A challenge accepted by Omega|url=https://www.tug.org/TUGboat/tb29-1/tb91gulzar.pdf|journal=TUGboat|volume=29|pages=1–6}}</ref>