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

2 November 1956
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 was born in Rawalpindi 2 November 1956 and grew up in Karachi Pakistan.[2]

He is inspired by famous Turkish calligrapher Hamid Aytaç.[3][4][5][6][7] He is known for work in the Arabic calligraphy styles of Khat-e-Sulas and Thuluth.[8]

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

Awards

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  • first prize in the First International Arabic Calligraphy Competition 2012

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

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