The script of Thuluth, a variety of Islamic calligraphy, is seen on the flag of what country?
Flag of Saudi Arabia Flag of Saudi Arabia The flag of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia () is the flag used by the government of Saudi Arabia since March 15, 1973. It is a green flag featuring in white an Arabic inscription and a sword. The inscription is the Islamic creed, or "shahada": "There is no god but God; Muhammad is the Messenger of God". The Arabic inscription on the flag, written in the calligraphic Thuluth script, is the "shahada" or Islamic declaration of faith: The green of the flag represents Islam and the sword stands for the strictness in applying justice. The flag
Thuluth Thuluth Thuluth ( "sols", Turkish: "Sülüs", from "" "one-third") is a script variety of Islamic calligraphy invented by Ibn Muqlah Shirazi. The straight angular forms of Kufic were replaced in the new script by curved and oblique lines. In Thuluth, one-third of each letter slopes, from which the name (meaning "a third" in Arabic) comes. An alternative theory to the meaning is that the smallest width of the letter is one third of the widest part. It is an elegant, cursive script, used in medieval times on mosque decorations. Various calligraphic styles evolved from Thuluth through slight changes of form.