- Nasser David Khalili
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Nasser David Khalili
ناصر داوود خلیلیBorn 18 December 1945[1]
Esfahan, IranResidence London, England Alma mater Queens College, City University of New York Occupation Property developer
Art collector
ProfessorNet worth 
US$1.0 billion[2]Spouse Marion Easton Children three Website Khalili Family Trust Nasser David Khalili, KCSS, KCFO (Persian: ناصر داوود خلیلی, born 18 December 1945 in Esfahan) is a British-Iranian property developer, art collector and philanthropist based in London. He holds [United Kingdom] citizenship.[3]
In the Sunday Times Rich List 2007 ranking of the wealthiest people in the UK he was placed 5th with an estimated fortune of £5,800 million.[4] This included an estimated value of £4,500 million for his art collection. In May 2007 The Art Newspaper questioned that valuation, up from £500 million the previous year.[5] A £1,000 million valuation is claimed to be more likely.[6] He disappeared from the Rich List in 2009, a year in which the compilers claimed to have been more stringent in the face of the financial crisis.
In a law of contract case in 2005, Savills failed to wind up Khalili's main property company in a bid to obtain £1m commission on the sale of the UK's most expensive house (18-19 Kensington Palace Gardens). The High Court struck out the winding–up petition, brought by Savills, Beauchamp Estates and Glentree Estates after Khalili's company Favermead had refused to pay fees on the £57m sale of the house to industrialist Lakshmi Mittal in a dispute as to whether any commission was payable if the agents had not been the effective cause of the sale.[7]
He was appointed by Prince Carlo, Duke of Castro a Knight Commander of the Royal Order of Francis I (KCFO) . Pope John Paul II made him a Knight of the Pontifical Equestrian Order of St. Sylvester Pope and Martyr (KSS). Pope Benedict XVI further promoted him to Knight Commander of the same order (KCSS).[8]
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Philanthropy
Nasser D. Khalili Chair of Islamic Art
He founded the Nasser D. Khalili Chair of Islamic Art at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, is a Visiting Professor of the School, and Member of the School's Governing Body.[3] At the University of Oxford he established a research fellowship in Islamic Art and endowed The Khalili Research Centre for the Art and Material Culture of the Middle East.[9][10]
Maimonides Foundation
He is also the founder and chairman of the Maimonides Foundation, an interfaith charitable organization promoting dialogue between Jews and Muslims.[11]
Islamic Art Collection
His Islamic art collection extends to 20,000 items and is the largest of its kind held privately in the world.[12] It is currently being present in a twenty seven volume series of which 17 have been published to date. This Impressive collection is in part almost always on show in various Museums around the world. [13]
Japanese Collection
His Japanese art collection contains 1500 items and is considered to be the greatest known group of Japanese artworks from the Meiji Period. These have been meticulously described and published in a nine volume series entitled Meiji no Takara: Treasures of Imperial Japan.[14]. Since 1995 this collection has been exhibited internationally at various museums all around the world.[15]
Publications
His collections are among the most important held in private hands and among the best documented. Details of every major piece he has collected have either been published or are planned for publication.[16]
The Nasser D Khalili Collection of Islamic Art[17]
- Vol I The Abbasid Tradition: Qur'ans of the 8th to 10th Centuries AD, 1992
- Vol II The Master Scribes: Qur'ans of the 11th to 14th Centuries AD, 1992
- Vol III After Timur: Qur'ans of the 15th and 16th Centuries AD, 1992
- Vol IV The Decorated Word: Qur'ans of the 17th to 19th Centuries AD: Part One, 1998 and Part Two, 2009
- Vol V The Art of the Pen: Calligraphy of the 14th to 20th Centuries, 1996
- Vol VI Bills, Letters and Deeds: Arabic Papyri of the 7th to 11th Centuries, 1993
- Vol VII Learning, Poetry and Piety: Manuscripts from the Islamic World (to be published)
- Vol VIII Paintings from India, 1998
- Vol IX Cobalt and Lustre: The First Centuries of Islamic Pottery, 1995
- Vol X Rival to China: Later Islamic Pottery (to be published)
- Vol XI Brasses, Bronze and Silver of the Islamic Lands (to be published)
- Vol XII Science, Tools and Magic: Parts One & Two, 1997
- Vol XIII Seals and Talismans (to be published)
- Vol XIV Textiles, Carpets and Costumes (to be published)
- Vol XV Glass: From Sassanian Antecedents to European Imitations, 2005
- Vol XVI Ornament and Amulet: Rings of the Islamic Lands, 1993
- Vol XVII The Art of Adornment: Jewellery of the Islamic Lands (to be published)
- Vol XVIII Gems and Jewels of Mughal India, 2010
- Vol XIX & XX Dinars and Dirhams: Part One (to be published)
- Vol XIX & XX Dinars and Dirhams: Part Two (to be published)
Japanese Publications[18]
- MEIJI NO TAKARA - Treasures of Imperial Japan; Vol I Selected Essays, 1995. Written by Oliver Impey and Malcolm Fairley. ISBN 1-874780-01-3 [19]
- MEIJI NO TAKARA - Treasures of Imperial Japan; Vol II Metalwork Parts One & Two, 1995. Written by Oliver Impey and Malcolm Fairley. ISBN 1-874780-02-1[20]
- MEIJI NO TAKARA - Treasures of Imperial Japan; Vol III Enamel, 1995. Written by Oliver Impey and Malcolm Fairley. ISBN 1-874780-03-X[21]
- MEIJI NO TAKARA - Treasures of Imperial Japan; Vol IV Lacquer Parts One & Two, 1995. Written by Oliver Impey, Malcolm Fairley and Joe Earle. ISBN 1-874780-04-8[22]
- MEIJI NO TAKARA - Treasures of Imperial Japan; Vol V Ceramics Part One: Porcelain, 1995. Oliver Impey and Malcolm Fairley. ISBN 1-874780-05-6[23]
- MEIJI NO TAKARA - Treasures of Imperial Japan; Vol V Ceramics Part Two: Earthenware, 1995. Written by Oliver Impey and Malcolm Fairley. ISBN 1-874780-06-4[24]
- MEIJI NO TAKARA - Treasures of Imperial Japan; Vol VI Masterpieces by Shibata Zeshin, 1995. Written by Joe Earle. ISBN 1-874780-08-0[25]
References
- ^ For the love of art: Iranian student with $US750 turns billionaire The Sidney Morning Herald, 31 March, 2010
- ^ "#701 Nasser Khalili - The World's Billionaires 2009". Forbes. 11 March 2009. http://www.forbes.com/lists/2009/10/billionaires-2009-richest-people_Nasser-Khalili_CZAK.html.
- ^ a b "Biographical Notes" in Earle, Joe (ed.) Shibata Zeshin: Masterpieces of Japanese Lacquer from the Khalili Collection. London: Kibo Foundation, 1997. p80.
- ^ Sunday Times Rich List 2007 Khalili Profile
- ^ Adam, Georgina (31 May 2007). "How much is David Khalili’s Islamic art worth?". The Art Newspaper. http://www.theartnewspaper.com/article01.asp?id=652. Retrieved 2007-09-07.
- ^ The rich get richer The Art Newspaper, 1 June, 2008
- ^ Favermead Ltd v FPd Savills Ltd [2005] EWHC 626, [2005] BPIR 715.
- ^ "Nasser D. Khalili". The Khalili Collections. http://www.khalili.org/founders-profile.html. Retrieved 2 October 2010.
- ^ "£2m gift for Middle Eastern art". BBC News. 9 July 2004. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/oxfordshire/3879653.stm. Retrieved 19 May 2010.
- ^ The Khalili Research Centre for the Art and Material Culture of the Middle East
- ^ "Maimonides website". http://www.maimonides-foundation.org/. Retrieved 2 October 2010.
- ^ Bloomberg.com: U.K. & Ireland
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- ^ The Khali Collections
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- ^ [3]
- ^ "Islmic Publications website". http://khalili.org/publications.aspx#islamic. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
- ^ "Japanese Publications website". http://khalili.org/publications.aspx#jap. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
- ^ "MEIJI NO TAKARA - Treasures of Imperial Japan; Vol I website". http://khalili.org/publications_detail.aspx?newsid=635. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
- ^ "MEIJI NO TAKARA - Treasures of Imperial Japan; Vol 2 website". http://khalili.org/publications_detail.aspx?newsid=702. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
- ^ "MEIJI NO TAKARA - Treasures of Imperial Japan; Vol 3 website". http://khalili.org/publications_detail.aspx?newsid=703. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
- ^ "MEIJI NO TAKARA - Treasures of Imperial Japan; Vol 4 website". http://khalili.org/publications_detail.aspx?newsid=727. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
- ^ "MEIJI NO TAKARA - Treasures of Imperial Japan; Vol 5 Part 1 website". http://khalili.org/publications_detail.aspx?newsid=728. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
- ^ "MEIJI NO TAKARA - Treasures of Imperial Japan; Vol 5 Part 2 website". http://khalili.org/publications_detail.aspx?newsid=729. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
- ^ "MEIJI NO TAKARA - Treasures of Imperial Japan; Vol 6 website". http://khalili.org/publications_detail.aspx?newsid=730. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
External links
- Khalili collections website
- Biographical profile at khalili.org
- Forbes magazine profile
- Tahir Shah, The Khalili Collection, Saudi Aramco World, November 1994
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- Knights of St. Sylvester
- Honorary Fellows of Wolfson College, Oxford
- Knights Commander of the Royal Order of Francis I
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