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Hafez Saleh Ahmad Takrim is a Bangladeshi hafez of the Quran. He won first place in the 38th Islamic Republic of Iran's International Holy Quran Competition in Tehran, Iran in 2022 at the age of 13. Also, in 2020, he won the Hafezul Quran Competition organized by Banglavision Television in the month of Ramadan. Hafez Saleh Ahmad Takrim participated in the 42nd King Abdulaziz International Hafezul Quran Competition held in Mecca, Saudi Arabia in 2022, in which 153 Hafez from 111 countries participated. In the fourth category of the competition, Hafez Saleh Ahmad Takrim won the third place and won a prize of 1 lakh riyals. Takrim won the first place in the 26th edition of the Dubai International Quran Competition in 2023.
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- ↑ "Saudi Qari hails Iran's Quran competition as venue for promoting unity". ABNA. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.
- ↑ "Islamic Republic of Iran's International Holy Quran Competition". Mehrnews (in Persian).
- ↑ "Iran's 32nd int'l Quran contest slated for May 15". IRNA. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.
- ↑ "Iran's 32nd Int'l Quran Contest Slated for May 15". Archived from the original on 2015-11-20.
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