A recently discovered inscription dating from 644AD, the oldest ever found in Arabic, isn’t much more than graffiti. But it has potentially serious implications for the study of Islam. Why? It all comes down to diacritical marks.
A recently discovered inscription dating from 644AD, the oldest ever found in Arabic, isn’t much more than graffiti. But it has potentially serious implications for the study of Islam. Why? It all comes down to diacritical marks.