Nasser David Khalili
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Nasser David Khalili, KCSS
, KCFO
is a British-Iranian property developer, art collector and philanthropist based in London
. He holds [United Kingdom] citizenship.
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. 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.
A £1,000 million valuation is claimed to be more likely.
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.
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).
, University of London
, is a Visiting Professor of the School, and Member of the School's Governing Body. 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.
, an interfaith charitable organization promoting dialogue between Jews and Muslim
s.
collection extends to 20,000 items and is the largest of its kind held privately in the world. 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.
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.. Since 1995 this collection has been exhibited internationally at various museums all around the world.
Order of St. Sylvester
The Pontifical Equestrian Order of St. Sylvester Pope and Martyr , sometimes referred to as the Sylvestrine Order, or the Pontifical Order of Pope St Sylvester, is one of five Orders of Knighthood awarded directly by the Pope as Supreme Pontiff and head of the Catholic Church and as the Head of...
, KCFO
Royal Order of Francis I
The Royal Order of Francis I is a dynastic Order of Knighthood of the Royal House of Bourbon Two Sicilies...
is a British-Iranian property developer, art collector and philanthropist based in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
. He holds [United Kingdom] citizenship.
In the Sunday Times Rich List 2007
Sunday Times Rich List 2007
The Sunday Times Rich List 2007 was published on 29 April 2007. The online edition was published on 30 April 2007.Since 1989 the UK national Sunday newspaper The Sunday Times has published an annual magazine supplement to the newspaper called the Sunday Times Rich List...
ranking of the wealthiest people in the UK he was placed 5th with an estimated fortune of £5,800 million. 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.
A £1,000 million valuation is claimed to be more likely.
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
Savills
Savills plc is a global real estate services provider listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. They have an international network of more than 200 offices and associates throughout the Americas, the UK, continental Europe, Asia Pacific, Africa and the Middle...
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
Kensington Palace Gardens
Kensington Palace Gardens is a street in west central London which contains some of the grandest and most expensive houses in the world. It was the location of the London Cage, the British government MI9 centre used during the Second World War and the Cold War.A tree-lined avenue half a mile long...
). 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
Lakshmi Mittal
Lakshmi Narayan Mittal is an Indian steel magnate. He is the chairman and chief executive officer of ArcelorMittal, the world’s largest steelmaking company....
in a dispute as to whether any commission was payable if the agents had not been the effective cause of the sale.
He was appointed by Prince Carlo, Duke of Castro
Prince Carlo, Duke of Castro
Prince Carlo of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duke of Castro is one of two claimants to the headship of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies.-Early life and education:...
a Knight Commander of the Royal Order of Francis I
Royal Order of Francis I
The Royal Order of Francis I is a dynastic Order of Knighthood of the Royal House of Bourbon Two Sicilies...
(KCFO) . Pope John Paul II
Pope John Paul II
Blessed Pope John Paul II , born Karol Józef Wojtyła , reigned as Pope of the Catholic Church and Sovereign of Vatican City from 16 October 1978 until his death on 2 April 2005, at of age. His was the second-longest documented pontificate, which lasted ; only Pope Pius IX ...
made him a Knight of the Pontifical Equestrian Order of St. Sylvester Pope and Martyr
Order of St. Sylvester
The Pontifical Equestrian Order of St. Sylvester Pope and Martyr , sometimes referred to as the Sylvestrine Order, or the Pontifical Order of Pope St Sylvester, is one of five Orders of Knighthood awarded directly by the Pope as Supreme Pontiff and head of the Catholic Church and as the Head of...
(KSS). Pope Benedict XVI
Pope Benedict XVI
Benedict XVI is the 265th and current Pope, by virtue of his office of Bishop of Rome, the Sovereign of the Vatican City State and the leader of the Catholic Church as well as the other 22 sui iuris Eastern Catholic Churches in full communion with the Holy See...
further promoted him to Knight Commander of the same order (KCSS).
Nasser D. Khalili Chair of Islamic Art
He founded the Nasser D. Khalili Chair of Islamic Art at the School of Oriental and African StudiesSchool of Oriental and African Studies
The School of Oriental and African Studies is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and a constituent college of the University of London...
, University of London
University of London
-20th century:Shortly after 6 Burlington Gardens was vacated, the University went through a period of rapid expansion. Bedford College, Royal Holloway and the London School of Economics all joined in 1900, Regent's Park College, which had affiliated in 1841 became an official divinity school of the...
, is a Visiting Professor of the School, and Member of the School's Governing Body. At the University of Oxford
University of Oxford
The University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...
he established a research fellowship in Islamic Art and endowed The Khalili Research Centre for the Art and Material Culture of the Middle East.
Maimonides Foundation
He is also the founder and chairman of the Maimonides FoundationMaimonides Foundation
The Maimonides Foundation is a UK-based organization focused on ordinary Jewish-Muslim communication. It is committed to fostering relationships among believers of the Abrahamic faith. Established in 1995, the foundation has created links between the two peoples through "cultural, academic,...
, an interfaith charitable organization promoting dialogue between Jews and Muslim
Muslim
A Muslim, also spelled Moslem, is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion based on the Quran, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad. "Muslim" is the Arabic term for "submitter" .Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable...
s.
Islamic Art Collection
His Islamic artIslamic art
Islamic art encompasses the visual arts produced from the 7th century onwards by people who lived within the territory that was inhabited by or ruled by culturally Islamic populations...
collection extends to 20,000 items and is the largest of its kind held privately in the world. 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.
Japanese Collection
His Japanese artJapanese art
Japanese art covers a wide range of art styles and media, including ancient pottery, sculpture in wood and bronze, ink painting on silk and paper and more recently manga, cartoon, along with a myriad of other types of works of 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.. Since 1995 this collection has been exhibited internationally at various museums all around the world.
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.The Nasser D Khalili Collection of Islamic Art
- 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
- MEIJI NO TAKARA - Treasures of Imperial Japan; Vol I Selected Essays, 1995. Written by Oliver Impey and Malcolm Fairley. ISBN 1-874780-01-3
- 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
- MEIJI NO TAKARA - Treasures of Imperial Japan; Vol III Enamel, 1995. Written by Oliver Impey and Malcolm Fairley. ISBN 1-874780-03-X
- 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
- MEIJI NO TAKARA - Treasures of Imperial Japan; Vol V Ceramics Part One: Porcelain, 1995. Oliver Impey and Malcolm Fairley. ISBN 1-874780-05-6
- 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
- MEIJI NO TAKARA - Treasures of Imperial Japan; Vol VI Masterpieces by Shibata Zeshin, 1995. Written by Joe Earle. ISBN 1-874780-08-0
External links
- Khalili collections website
- Biographical profile at khalili.org
- Forbes magazine profile
- Tahir Shah, The Khalili Collection, Saudi Aramco World, November 1994