Hyderabad: Exhibition on Quran & & Islamic antiques underway at Salar Jung Museum
Hyderabad: State Home Minister Mohammed Mahmood Ali ushered in a five-day event on Quran as well as art of Islamic calligraphy at Salar Jung Museum onTuesday It was kept in Mir Abbas Yar Jung Hall, Western block.
The gallery has the advantage of showing a complete phase of the globe’s largest manuscript of the Quran determining 2 x 2 meters (on opening) elevation of 2 m as well as size of 1 m.
The event is being kept in the divine month of Ramzan with the collaborations of the Noor International Microfilm Centre, New Delhi, Salar Jung Museum, Jamia Nizamia, Siasat daily, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad National Urdu University, as well as Idara Adabiyat Urdu.
Addressing the event, Ali stated “There have been cultural and civilisational relations between India and Iran since ancient times. The relations are still thriving between these countries, especially in the field of Islamic calligraphy.” “India and Iran are the two most important centres of Islamic calligraphy in the world.
The Iranian calligraphers played an important role in the promotion of calligraphy in Hyderabad Deccan,” he observed. The head of IRI Dr Aga Nasiri came particularly from Delhi to go to the program. Iran Consul-General in Hyderabad Mehdi Shahrukhi shared joy over the event.
Siasat day-to-day presented 130 calligraphic examples, while 135 examples were presented by theNoor International Microfilm Centre The examples were focal point of the target market.
Three publications of distinguished Islamic scholars were likewise launched throughout the inaugural feature. A five-day workshop for discovering calligraphy likewise started for the advantage of those that desire to discover.
