Sir David Khalili

Sir David Khalili

Collector, scholar and philanthropist · b. 1945

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Born in Isfahan into an Iranian Jewish family of art dealers, he assembled the Khalili Collections, some 35,000 works including the largest private collection of Islamic art. A UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador, he was knighted in 2020 for services to interfaith relations.

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