five pieces different handmade arabic calligraphy pens

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Five pieces of different handmade Arabic calligraphy pens. Royalty Free Stock Photo

Five pieces of different handmade Arabic calligraphy pens.

Five different hand-carved calligraphy pens, made of various Turkish reeds and bamboos. These traditional handcrafted wooden pens, known as qalams, are used in classical Islamic arts and Arabic calligraphy known as: khat. They are also used in Southeast Asian Jawi scripts.