Sharjah: Sharjah Museums Authority will be showcasing a number of rare Qur’an manuscripts and Islamic calligraphy from the Hamid Jafar Quran Collection between October 31 and March 19, 2023 at Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilization.

The exhibition “Sacred Words, Timeless Calligraphy: Highlights of Exceptional Calligraphy from the Hamid Jafar Qur’an Collection”, will feature a number of exquisite manuscripts that will be displayed for the first time ever.

Businessman Mr. Hamid Jafar began the collection with a vision of presenting Islam’s influence as a unifying force and a source of inspiration in disparate cultures from Andalusia and the Maghreb through to the Near East to South East Asia and China.

Over 40 years he has added numerous works spanning fourteen centuries of Islamic civilization tracing back to the dawn of Islam.