Season 1 • Episode 1
LatestThe series talks about the calligrapher minister Ibn Muqla and his work in the court of the Abbasid Caliphs.
The series talks about the calligrapher minister Ibn Muqla and his work in the court of the Abbasid Caliphs.
Acting
Sami Kaftan's tortured intensity as the revolutionary artist.
Production
Painstaking recreation of 10th-century Baghdad's intellectual golden age.
Writing
Dialogue that treats calligraphy like high-stakes warfare.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ibn Muqla literally invented the modern Arabic script system (thuluth, naskh) — this series treats typography like a heist movie.
Sami Kaftan spent months training with master calligraphers; some shots use his actual hand movements, not doubles.
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