Chalipa

Chalipa (Persian: چلیپا, romanized: chalīpā, 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]

A chalipa by Mir Emad

See also

• Islamic calligraphy
• Persian calligraphy
• Urdu alphabet
• Islamic poetry
• Mir Emad