Mirwaiz foundation in association with Anjuman e Auqaf launches annual hijri calender at Jamia Masjid

Mirwaiz Foundation in association with Anjuman-e-Auqaf Jama Masjid, today launched the annual Hijri calendar for the year 1444-45 AH/2023 at Jama Masjid Srinagar
Calendars are available at Jama Masjid, Srinagar,Ali Mohammad & Sons book sellers, Lal chowk Srinagar & 50rs is hadiya per calendar
Srinagar, Jan 27 : The Foundation said that this year the calendar is special. It is curated from a collection of rare manuscripts from Kashmir which illustrate the art of Islamic calligraphy, art of book illumination and book binding. The calendar brings to view various illuminated decorative Quran codices, compositions of the hadith of the Prophet Muhammad (SAW), poetical works in praise of Allah, the Prophet as also on human virtues and ethics dating from thirteenth century to nineteenth century . It includes some of the oldest surviving manuscripts in Kashmir. Most of these texts are rare and yet to be critically analysed and studied for their scholastic value. They represent an exchange of ideas and knowledge, both intellectual as well as artistic, between Persianate cultures and Kashmir and bring into focus the contribution of Kashmiris to the world of Islamic aesthetics (nizam-i jamaliyat).
We at the Foundation lookforward to the preservation and wider dissemination of this rich legacy, it added.
These calendars are available at Jama Masjid, Srinagar and at Ali Mohammad & Sons book sellers, Lal chowk Srinagar.
Meanwhile ,Anjuman Auqaf expressed dismay that once again due to his continued house detention since August 2019, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq could not address the faithful at Jama Masjid neither participate in the calendar launch ceremony that people each year look forward to . Due to this there was deep sadness and disappointment among people present at the occasion.