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Syed Anwar Husain, Nafees Raqam

1933

Teacher(s)/Instructor(s): Syed Muhammad Ashraf Ali, Hakim Syed Neik Alam, Hakim Syed Muhammad Alam, Tajuddin Zarreen Raqam

Students: Asghar Anees, Anwar Husain, Talib Husain, Abdul Rasheed Qamar, Muhammad Jameel Hasan, Anees-ul-Hasan, Ilahi Bukhsh Mutea, Manzoor Ahmad Anwer, Shoukat Ali Minhas, Muhammad Ajmal, Nazeer Anwar, Khalid Mahmood Nafeesi, Hafiz Anjum Mahmood, Tahir Rasheed

Inspiration: Abdul Majeed Parveen Raqam, Taj-ud-Din Zarreen Raqam

Place of Birth: Ghorhiala, Distt Sialkot, Punjab

Awards & Acheivements:

  • Pride of Performance from Government of Pakistan
  • 1st Prize, Exhibition of Calligraphy, Pakistan National Council of The Arts, 1980
  • 1st Prize, All Pakistan Exhibition for Quraanic Calligraphy, Pakistan Public Relations Society, Lahore, 1982
  • Member of Jury, Yaqoot-ul-Mustaasami International Competition of Calligraphy, ICIPICH, Istambol, Turkey, 1989
  • Member of Jury, International Competition of Calligraphy, Baghdad, Iraq

 

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