- Uthman Taha
Uthman ibn Abduh ibn Husayn ibn Taha (or Uthman Taha, _ar. عثمان طه) is an Arab calligrapher renowned for hand-writing
Mushaf al-Madinah issued by theKing Fahd Complex for the Printing of the Holy Qur'an .Ghawi, Ahmad. " [http://www.alriyadh.com/2006/11/23/article203788.html Uthman Taha] ",AlRiyadh newspaper ,November 23 ,2006 .]He was born in
1934 in a rural area ofAleppo ,Syria . Gaining a BA in Shari’ah from theUniversity of Damascus , he also studiedArabic language , Islamic decoration arts, and painting. He gained authorization in calligraphy fromHamed Al-Amdi , the so-called master of calligraphers in the Islamic world. He was also taught calligraphy by Muhammad Ali al-Mawlawi, Ibrahim al-Rifa’i (Aleppo), Muhammad Badawi al-Diyrani (Damascus) and Hashim al-Baghdadi. [http://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D8%AB%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B7%D9%87 Arabic Wikipedia article] ]He wrote his first Mushaf (written copy of the
Qur’an ) in 1970. In 1988 he travelled toSaudi Arabia and was assigned a handwriter and calligrapher in the King Fahd Complex for the Printing of the Holy Qur'an inMadina . The same year he was made a member of the international jury for theArabic Calligraphy Award which is held inIstanbul once every three years.During 18 years of his life at the King Fahd Complex, Uthman has hand-written four Masahif. More than 200 million copies of which were distributed worldwide. Over thirty years he has written 10 Masahif. A Mishaf usually requires more than 3 years in writing and an additional year for proof-reading and reviewing.
His beautiful, clear, easy-to-read style used in the Madina Mushaf is also used in a commercial copy known as
Mishaf al-Tajweed .External links
* [http://www.qurancomplex.org/ The King Fahd Complex for the Printing of the Holy Qur'an]
* [http://www.kenanaonline.com/mokhtarat/54239 Biography/interview]References
* Partly based on the [http://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D8%AB%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B7%D9%87 Arabic Wikipedia article]
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