According to the decision of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan No PQ-261 “On measures to develop the field of services in museums” heldon May 27, 2022,and in order to ensure the implementation of the tasks specified in the “Addressable plan of additional services to be organized in state museums in 2022-2023”, on July 19 of this year, “Calligraphy master class of calligrapher Habibullo Salih” was organized at the State Museum of the Temurid History.
In the Temurid reign time calligraphy art has reached its high level in Central Asia. Mawlana Shamsiddin Munshiy, stonemason and calligrapher Oltum were very famous one. The Temurid princes Ibrahim bin Shahrukh, Baysunghur Mirzo, Badiuzzamon Mirzo and other Temurid princes also patronized to calligraphy and were engaged in this style of art. In the library established by Temurid Prince Baysunghur Mirzo (1397-1433) in Herat along with painters, designers, and other masters, more than 40 calligraphers were engaged in preparing manuscript books and repairing those that had become unusable. Furthermore,calligraphic design examples made by masters of calligraphy on the special parts the skyscrapers constructions in Amir Temur and the Temurid period are still preserved. Today, there are many skilled and well-known masters who are teaching the art of calligraphy through the tradition of master and disciple. One of them is the skillful and experienced calligrapher Habibullo Salih, who has been creating in the direction of calligraphy for many years.
Habibullo Salih was born in 1949. In 1968-1973, he studied at the “Mir Arab” madrasah in Bukhara, and in 1973-1975 at the “Tashkent Higher Religious School”, now it is known as “Imam Bukhari Islamic Institute”. During 1975-1982, he contributed to the restoration and repair of the largest historical monuments of Central Asia, working at the Institute of “Repair and Design Scientific Inspection of Uzbekistan”. Habibullo Salih prepared three copies of Usmans`s Koran on parchment from the original one. One copy is kept in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, another copy made on parchment is preserved in Tashkent Islamic University. At the International calligraphy competition held in Istanbulin 1998, Habibullo Salih was among the top ten in the “Devony” style of calligraphy. In 1999, he was awarded the title of “Parvin Raqam” (“Star of the East”) at the International Calligraphy Competition in Lahore for his discovery of the “Alphabet of Pattern Design”.
In the “Master class of the calligrapher Habibullo Salih” held at the State Museum of the Temurid History participated pupils, young students who are studying the calligraphy art, and also those who are interested in. Habibullo Salih showed the history and trends of the art of calligraphy and skillfully wrote down the names of the visiting guests with beautiful types of letters. At the end of the event, the administration of the museum presented souvenirs to Habibullo Salihfor his effective cooperation in organizing master class on the art of calligraphy, and for the participants.
