The departure of “Abdul Razzaq Khoja” .. currency calligrapher and the passports of the kings

The Association of Culture and Arts in Jeddah, the calligrapher Abdul Razzaq Khoja, mourned the first to line the Saudi currency, as he passed away yesterday at the age of 95.

Khoja’s talent has grown in writing and calligraphy since his studies in the middle stage, and he began in the paper and metal currency line of the Monetary Agency in 1375 AH, and in 1381 AH began writing titles for the newspaper “The Symposium”.

The late calligrapher scored the currency in the covenants of King Faisal, King Khaled and King Fahd. Khoja indicated in television statements several years ago that he wrote all the groups of the Saudi currency, from the riyal to 500 riyals, in addition to his writing the passports of King Khalid, King Fahd and Prince Nayef, as he worked in the royal ceremonies in Jeddah and the script line and medals granted to a number of presidents, leaders and prominent officials.

Khoja was pursuing journalistic work, and he was famous for drawing titles and “manchitat” for the most famous Saudi newspapers, especially the “country” in the last century, including historical titles and Manchta that documented important stations in the contemporary history of the Kingdom, and won the Arabic calligraphy award in the “calligraphy competition from our heritage” sponsored by the Prince of Makkah Region, Prince Khaled Al -Faisal in 2019.