Chalipa

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A chalipa by Mir Emad

Chalipa (Persian: چلیپا, romanizedchalīpā, lit.'cross') is a panel in the Nastaliq script. There are two important panels in the Nastaliq calligraphy: Chalipa and Siah Mashgh. Chalipa consists of four diagonal hemistiches of a poem, which has clearly a moral, ethic and poetic theme.[1]

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  1. ^ "چلیپا". Archived from the original on 2010-11-22. Retrieved 2015-10-01.