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Also known as Sādiqain, Syed Sadequain Ahmed Naqvi

Syed Sadequain Ahmed Naqvi () (30 June 1930 10 February 1987), and often referred to as Sadequain Naqqash, was a historical Pakistani artist and poet best known for his skills as a calligrapher and a painter. He is considered one of the finest painters and calligraphers Pakistan has ever produced, having painted around 15000 paintings. He is also recognised as the only artist in Pakistan to have received all four civilian awards such as the Nishan-i-Imtiaz, Sitara-i-Imtiaz, Tamgha-i-Imtiaz, and Pride of Performance.

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Born
1930
Works
2

Top works

  • Tāzah rubā'iyāt-i Ṣādiqain Naqqāsh
  • Sadequain

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Recent publications · Crossref

1 total works indexed

  1. On My Work as a Painter in Pakistan

    · 1974

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Key facts

Artist.name
Sadequain Naqqash
Artist.image
Sadeqain.png
Artist.birth_name
Syed Sadeqain
Artist.birth_date
30 June 1930
Artist.birth_place
Amroha, British India
Artist.death_place
Karachi, Pakistan
Artist.resting_place
Sakhi Hassan Graveyard, Karachi
Artist.field
Calligraphy, Painting, Murals, Poetry
Artist.movement
Islamic calligraphy; Hurufiyya movement
Artist.honours
20px Hilal-e-Imtiaz, Sitara-i-Imtiaz, Tamgha-e-Imtiaz, and Pride of Performance
Artist.website
Sadequain Foundation

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Encyclopedic overview

19 sections
Contents
  • Early life
  • Medium of work
  • Calligraphy
  • Murals
  • Rubaiyat
  • Speaker of truth
  • Renaissance of Islamic calligraphy
  • Artist
  • His works
  • List of key works
  • Reverence
  • Lost paintings
  • Auction history
  • Death
  • Awards, honours and recognition
  • Commemorative stamp
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

Syed Sadequain Ahmed Naqvi () (30 June 1930 10 February 1987), and often referred to as Sadequain Naqqash, was a historical Pakistani artist and poet best known for his skills as a calligrapher and a painter. He is considered one of the finest painters and calligraphers Pakistan has ever produced, having painted around 15000 paintings. He is also recognised as the only artist in Pakistan to have received all four civilian awards such as the Nishan-i-Imtiaz, Sitara-i-Imtiaz, Tamgha-i-Imtiaz, and Pride of Performance.

He was also a poet, writing hundreds of rubāʿiyāt in the style of Omar Khayyam and Sarmad Kashani.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sadequain” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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