Sheerin Qalam - a 5-day Unique Exhibition of rare Islamic art objects & Quranic manuscripts.

Watch: Day 1 of "Sheerin Qalam", a 5-day Unique Exhibition of rare Islamic art objects & Quranic manuscripts which was inaugurated by Minister for Public Works and Culture, Naeem Akhtar today.
The exhibition and the live workshop is being organized by J&K Academy of Art, Culture and Languages (JKAACL) in collaboration with Department of Tourism Kashmir, Directorate of Information, Directorate of Libraries & Research, Directorate of Archives, Archaeology and Museums, Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) Kashmir at the conference hall of the Tourist Reception Centre (TRC) Srinagar.
One of the star attractions of the event is the oldest available manuscript of Holy Quran in Kashmir calligraphed by Fathullah Kashmiri in 1237 A.D. - 83 years before Muslims assumed political power in Kashmir.
Another 300-year-old collection Tafseer-e-Muvahib is the commentary on Holy Quran from Surah Fatiah to Surah Naas. The peculiarity of this manuscript is that it has been purchased in Kabul in 3 Tumans of Afghan currency approximately Rs 7 of Indian currency. The commentary is written in Naskh style, and the manuscript has been calligraphed in Afghan.
One of them is ‘Majooma-Ilm-Ikhlaq’, which is a nicely written manuscript in the Persian language in 1882 AD.
Another type of manuscript is ‘Sad Pand Luqman’ of Hakim Luqman, which is a Persian manuscript scribed by Peer Baksh of Punjab in Khate Nakhoon on ethics.
This manuscript written in 1870 AD is specially ornamented with gold and the borders are decorated with pictures of animals and birds.
Most of these manuscripts and calligraphic works have been written on sheep, goat or camel vellum collected by the royal jewelers of Maharaja Hari Singh.
Please note that this exhibition at TRC Srinagar will run till 11th of June and the entry is free to all.
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