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An Enigmatic
Artisan
IRSHAD
HUSSAIN
FAROOQI
A self
taught, self
disciplined
and self
dependent
practitioner
of the
rarest
crafts in
India,
artist
Irshad
Farooqi is
arguably the
one and only
calligrapher
in India who
produces
Islamic
Calligraphy
on Wood.
Pertaining
to a family
background
of Hakeems
(Unani
Medicine
Practitioners)
and renowned
Sufi Saints,
unlikely
Irshad
Farooqi was
never
destined to
become a
Calligrapher.
Born in
Sikar,
Rajasthan
Irshad
Farooqi
belongs to
the dynasty
of
‘Sultanut-tarikeen
Sufi
Hameeduddeen
Nagauri
Farooqi(R.A.)’
(second
khalifa of
khwaja
Moinuddin
Chisti
Ajmeri(R.A.)).
During his
childhood
days Irshad
Farooqi
always saw
one of his
relatives –
‘Mastan
Baba’
writing
calligraphy.
He was so
brilliant
with his
work that
made not
only Irshad
Farooqi awe
inspired but
also the
on-lookers
who stood by
to witness
an
expeditious
calligraphic
writing
displayed by
‘Mastan
Baba’. This
was his
first input
which he
received and
immediately
made him
fall in love
with the art
form.
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