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Square kufic, meaning:

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ

الْحَمْدُ للّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ

الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ

مَالِكِ يَوْمِ الدِّينِ

إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ و إِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِينُ

اهدِنَا الصِّرَاطَ المُستَقِيمَ

صِرَاطَ الَّذِينَ أَنعَمتَ عَلَيهِمْ غَيرِ المَغضُوبِ عَلَيهِمْ وَ لاَ الضَّالِّينَ

It’s the complete Surah 1, al-Fatihah; in the shape of Allah. From the Mir Chaqmaq Mosque in Iran, built in the 1400s.

Square kufic signatures from 1325, up to today. More images and info here.

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Isfahan Royal Mosque in Iran, built in the 1600s.

These two images show the same text, afaik The top one is a square kufi. More info here. Made by Wan Lutfi.

Square kufic dating back to 1433!

via kufikufi.

Square kufic by Hassan Massoudy, 1981. 

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Square kufic (text) from the Friday Mosque of Herat, first built in 1200. Pics from here.

Poster for the photo exhibition The Implosive Mosaic by Neil Hester in Copenhagen, 1996. Looks like square kufic!

Sheikh Safi al-Din Khānegāh and Shrine Ensemble (1345, Iran)

From the 1600s – the Topkapi Scoll covers geometry, architecture and ornamentation. More here.