PP Shafiq-Uz-Zaman Khan
Born
Shafiq-Uz-Zaman Khan

2 November 1956
Rawalpindi, Pakistan)
NationalityPakistani
Known forCalligraphy,Khat-e-Sulas Thuluth.
MovementIslamic calligraphy;

Ustad Shafiq-Uz-Zaman Khan (Urdu استاد شفیق الزماں خان a famous Pakistani calligrapher and head of restoring art at Masjid an-Nabawi the second holiest site of Muslims in the world.[1] He is famous for Arabic calligraphy Khat-e-Sulas Thuluth.[2] He was born in Rawalpindi 2 November 1956 and grew up in Karachi Pakistan.[3]

He is inspired by famous Turkish calligrapher Hamid Aytaç.[4][5][6][7][8]

The Basmala in an 18th-century Islamic calligraphy from the Ottoman region, Thuluth script
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Awards

Shafiq-Uz-Zaman Khan won first prize in the First International Arabic Calligraphy Competition organized in Makkah.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Meet the Pakistani calligrapher painstakingly restoring art at Masjid an-Nabawi". 20 December 2019.
  2. ^ "'Calligraphic work of Shafiq-uz-Zaman to be published'".
  3. ^ "Mr. Shafique–ul-Zaman renowned Islamic Calligrapher visited MUL - Minhaj University Lahore".
  4. ^ "Ummah, Pakistan can promote soft image through calligraphy". 19 January 2018.
  5. ^ "The Person Who Does the Calligraphy in Masjid an Nabawi for 30 Years". 11 June 2019.
  6. ^ "Calligraphy workshop by Ustad Shafiq Uz Zaman - National Textile University Faisalabad | NTU".
  7. ^ "Shafiq al-Zaman's Story of calligraphy. Ours Mini World". 17 August 2021.
  8. ^ https://www.pakconsulate.ca/forms/PressReleases/calligraphy%20brochure.pdf?AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1[bare URL PDF]
  9. ^ "Pakistani calligrapher wins award in Makkah | islam.ru".
  10. ^ "President calls for promoting progressive image of Pakistan". 27 August 2015.
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