Books By David Khalili - Author

Professor Sir David Nasser Khalili is an Iranian-born British scholar, collector, philanthropist and UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador. He received his PhD in Islamic Art from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, where he was also awarded an Honorary Fellowship in 1992. He is also an Honorary Fellow of Wolfson College, University of Oxford, where he is a Member of the Chancellor's Court of Benefactors.

Over his career Sir David has assembled eight of the world's finest art collections comprising some 35,000 works, each being one of the most comprehensive in its field. including: Enamels of the World, Islamic Art, Hajj and the Arts of Pilgramage, Aramaic Documents, Japaense Art of the Meiji Period, Japanese Kimonos, Swedish Textiles, and Spanish Damascene Metalwork.
Sir David has ensured each work has been meticulously conserved, researched, catalogued, published and digitised by the world's leading experts as part of what is considered to be one of the most ambitious