Shafiq-Uz-Zaman Khan

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.

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

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