Ruqʿah script
E10373
Ruqʿah script is a simple, highly legible Arabic handwriting style commonly used for everyday writing and official documents in the Arab world.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ruqʿah script canonical | 3 |
| Tawqi script | 3 |
| Riqa‘ script | 1 |
| Riqāʿ script | 1 |
| Riqʿa script | 1 |
| Riq‘a script | 1 |
| Sudani script | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T66766 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ruqʿah script Context triple: [Arabic, hasCalligraphicStyle, Ruqʿah script]
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A.
Diwani script
Diwani script is an ornate Ottoman-era style of Arabic calligraphy characterized by its intricate, flowing lines and dense, decorative composition often used in royal decrees and official documents.
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B.
Kufic script
Kufic script is the oldest extant form of Arabic calligraphy, characterized by its angular, geometric letterforms and prominent use in early Qur’anic manuscripts and architectural inscriptions.
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C.
Naskh script
Naskh script is a widely used, highly legible style of Arabic calligraphy commonly employed in printed texts, books, and everyday writing.
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D.
Perso-Arabic script
The Perso-Arabic script is a modified form of the Arabic writing system, expanded with additional letters and conventions to represent the sounds of Persian and several other languages across the Middle East and South Asia.
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E.
Thuluth script
Thuluth script is a large, elegant, and highly cursive style of Arabic calligraphy traditionally used for architectural inscriptions, Qur’anic headings, and decorative works.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ruqʿah script Target entity description: Ruqʿah script is a simple, highly legible Arabic handwriting style commonly used for everyday writing and official documents in the Arab world.
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A.
Diwani script
Diwani script is an ornate Ottoman-era style of Arabic calligraphy characterized by its intricate, flowing lines and dense, decorative composition often used in royal decrees and official documents.
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B.
Kufic script
Kufic script is the oldest extant form of Arabic calligraphy, characterized by its angular, geometric letterforms and prominent use in early Qur’anic manuscripts and architectural inscriptions.
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C.
Naskh script
Naskh script is a widely used, highly legible style of Arabic calligraphy commonly employed in printed texts, books, and everyday writing.
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D.
Perso-Arabic script
The Perso-Arabic script is a modified form of the Arabic writing system, expanded with additional letters and conventions to represent the sounds of Persian and several other languages across the Middle East and South Asia.
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E.
Thuluth script
Thuluth script is a large, elegant, and highly cursive style of Arabic calligraphy traditionally used for architectural inscriptions, Qur’anic headings, and decorative works.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arabic script style
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handwriting style ⓘ |
| application |
blackboard writing
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handwritten signage ⓘ quick drafting of texts ⓘ |
| characteristic |
compact appearance
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high legibility ⓘ letters generally do not extend far above or below the line ⓘ minimal ornamentation ⓘ rapid writing ⓘ short vertical strokes ⓘ simple letterforms ⓘ straight lines ⓘ uniform letter size ⓘ |
| comparedTo |
faster to write than Naskh script
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less decorative than Thuluth script ⓘ simpler than Naskh script ⓘ |
| complexity | low ⓘ |
| distinctFrom |
Diwani script
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Kufic script ⓘ Naskh script ⓘ Thuluth script ⓘ |
| goalOfInstruction | to develop fast and legible handwriting ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| legibility | high ⓘ |
| medium |
pen-and-paper handwriting
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whiteboard and blackboard writing ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
diacritical marks often omitted in everyday use
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distinct forms for letters in medial and final positions ⓘ letters usually written on or slightly above the baseline ⓘ rounded forms combined with straight strokes ⓘ |
| primaryUse |
everyday handwriting
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informal notes ⓘ official documents ⓘ |
| region | Arab world ⓘ |
| scriptFamily | Arabic ⓘ |
| scriptType | cursive script ⓘ |
| status | dominant everyday handwriting style in much of the Arab world ⓘ |
| taughtIn |
primary schools in many Arab countries
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secondary schools in many Arab countries ⓘ |
| usageContext |
administrative writing
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forms and applications ⓘ note-taking ⓘ personal correspondence ⓘ school handwriting in many Arab countries ⓘ |
| usesAlphabet | Arabic alphabet ⓘ |
| writingDirection | right-to-left ⓘ |
| writingSpeed | high ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Arabic script ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Ruqʿah script Description of subject: Ruqʿah script is a simple, highly legible Arabic handwriting style commonly used for everyday writing and official documents in the Arab world.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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