The Khalili Foundation is a UK-based charity promoting interfaith and intercultural understanding through art, culture and education. Its founder and chairman is the London-based philanthropist, art collector and scholar Sir David Khalili. A Persian Jew who grew up in Iran, he is notable for having the world's largest private collection of Islamic art. Established in 1995, the foundation has created interfaith and intercultural links through "cultural, academic, sporting and educational programmes".
The investiture of Sir David Khalili presided by King Charles III "for services to interfaith relations and charity" at Windsor Castle
Baroness Patricia Scotland and Sir David Khalili at the launch of the Commonwealth Faith Festival, 8 February 2024
Khalili at the 2012 launch of the Interfaith Explorers educational materials
The Circle of Piece, a painting by the British artist Ben Johnson designed by Khalili as a kaleidoscope of the word "peace" in Hebrew, English, and Arabic.
Sir Nasser David Khalili KCSS is a British-Iranian scholar, collector, and philanthropist based in London. Born in Iran and educated at Queens College, City University of New York and the School of Oriental and African Studies in London, he is a naturalised
British citizen.
Folio from the exemplar of Ferdowsi's Shahnameh made for Shah Tahmasp I; Tabriz, Iran, 1520–1550, now in the Khalili Collection of Islamic Art
Incense Burner (Koro), Japan, 1890 from the Khalili Collection of Japanese Art
Kimono for a Young Woman (Furisode), Japan, 1912–1926. From the collection of Kimono
Enamelled carriage owned by Bhavsinhji II, Maharaja of Bhavnagar, now in the Khalili Collection of Enamels of the World
