کلامِ اقبال زبور عجم کے خوش نویس محمد صدیق الماس رقم

Abstract

Lahore has been a center of arts and knowledge and calligraphy is one of them. The tradition of calligraphy in Lahore started in the reign of Sultan Ibraheem Ghaznavi when different intellectuals and artists came to Lahore and settled here. Muhammad Siddique Almas Raqam was also a continuity of the same tradition of calligraphy. He was selected to scribe Zaboor e Ajam by Allama Iqbal. Before this he was working in daily Zamindar and in recognition of his artistic expertise and excellence he was given the title of Almas Raqam by Molana Zafar Ali Khan. His many masterpieces remind us his artistic skills and greatness. After demise he was buried near the tomb of Hazrat Tahir Bandagi.