A Basic Study on Chronograms in Arabic Letters

该项目开发了一个计算机程序，用于计算阿拉伯文字计时表（句子中的特定字母，解释为数字，代表特定日期）的日期，这些文字广泛存在于奥斯曼土耳其和波斯的铭文或诗歌中。通过文献调查和田野调查收集到的纪年文献，用上述程序计算了它们的年代。调查了使用计时图的原因。

This project developed a computer program for calculating the date of chronograms(sentences in which specific letters, interpreted as numerals, stand for a particular date) in Arabic script that are widely found in Ottoman Turkish and Persian inscriptions or poems. The Dates of chronogram texts collected through bibliographic survey and fieldwork were calculated by above-mentioned program. The reasons for use of the chronograms were investigated.