SRINAGAR: Distinguished Papier mâché artist and poet Mirza Muhammad Sualeh Beigh passed away here today. He was 76.
Sualeh, born in Srinagar’s historic Khanqah-e-Maula quarter in the family of artisans was renowned for his craftsmanship. He has trained hundreds in unique Papier mâché art. Sualeh was also a poet and wrote famous Nauhas in the past.
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He was father of noted artist Arshad Sualeh and Dr Sajjad Sualeh.
Meanwhile family sources said the Fateha Khwani will be held on September 7 at their ancestral graveyard situated at Madeen Sahib followed by a day long condolence meeting at their Alamgiribazar residence.
