Shafiq-Uz-Zaman Khan
# 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. He is famous for Arabic calligraphy Khat-e-Sulas Thuluth. He was born in Rawalpindi 2 November 1956 and grew up in Karachi Pakistan.

He is inspired by famous Turkish calligrapher Hamid Aytaç.

## Awards

* 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.

* Presidential Pride of Performance تمغائے حسن کارکردگی in Pakistan in 2014.
