Munshi Abdulmajeed Raqam : second calligrapher of Iqbal’s poetry
Abstract
In 20th century, Lahore was the nucleus of Islamic calligraphy. A
number of calligraphers of Punjab are responsible for its
promotion and extended to Lucknow and Delhi school of
calligraphy from Lahore. Among them Allama Iqbal has selected
some calligraphers for inscribing his poetry. Very few people
know that Allama Iqbal apart from being a great poet, was also a
great connoisseur of the art of calligraphy and himself a
competent calligrapher of Shikhasta script. His talent as a
calligrapher has so far remained hidden because of his preeminence as a poet not only of national level but also truly of an
international repute. It was a normal practice in the late
nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in the Punjab, and
particularly in Sialkot and Gujranwala districts, to emphasize
exercise or learning of calligraphy by young children during the
early days of their education.
Dr. Muhammad Iqbal Bhutta. (2017) منشی عبدالمجید پروین رقم ___علامہ اقبال کی شاعری کے دوسرے خوشنویس, Zaban-o-Adab, Volume 22, Issue 1.
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