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==Arabic numerals== The letters of the Arabic language also each have a numerical value, which can be used for chronograms in languages which use the Arabic alphabet. Thus the [[Tomb of Hafez|tomb]] of the Persian poet [[Hafez]] in [[Shiraz]] has engraved on it the Persian words ''ḵāk-e moṣallā'' 'dust of Musalla' (Musalla was a park or pleasure ground in Shiraz made famous in Hafez's poem [[Shirazi Turk]] and other works); the letters of this phrase add up to the Islamic date 791 (equivalent to AD 1389/1390).<ref>[https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/hafez-xiii Encyclopaedia Iranica online; Hafez xiii].</ref>
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