Sir Allama Muhammad Iqbal

Sir Muhammad Iqbal, (9 November 1877 – 21 April 1938) was a South Asian Muslim writer, philosopher, and politician, whose poetry in the Urdu language is among the greatest of the twentieth century, and whose vision of a cultural and political ideal for the Muslims of British-ruled India was to animate the impulse for Pakistan.
Iqbal studied in Sialkot and Lahore, and thereafter in England and Germany. Although he established a law practice after returning, he concentrated primarily on writing scholarly works on politics, economics, history, philosophy, and religion. He is best known for his poetic works, including Asrar-e-Khudi—which brought a knighthood—Rumuz-e-Bekhudi, and the Bang-e-Dara. In Iran, where he is known as Iqbāl-e Lāhorī (Iqbal of Lahore), he is highly regarded for his Persian works.
A leader in the All India Muslim League, he envisioned—in his 1930 presidential address—a separate political framework for Muslims in British-ruled India. After the creation of Pakistan in 1947, he was named the national poet
He did not support Indian involvement in World War I and stayed in close touch with Muslim political leaders such as Mohammad Ali Jouhar and Muhammad Ali Jinnah. He was a critic of the mainstream Indian National Congress, which he regarded as dominated by Hindus,
He was active in the Khilafat Movement and was among the founding fathers of Jamia Millia Islamia which was established at Aligarh in October 1920. He was also given the offer of being the first vice-chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia by Mahatma Gandhi, which he refused.
Iqbal expressed fears that not only would secularism weaken the spiritual foundations of Islam and Muslim society but that India’s Hindu-majority population would crowd out Muslim heritage, culture, and political influence. In his travels to Egypt, Afghanistan, Iran, and Turkey, he promoted ideas of greater Islamic political cooperation and unity, calling for the shedding of nationalist differences. Iqbal was a strong proponent of the political and spiritual revival of Islamic civilization across the world
Iqbal was elected president of the Muslim League in 1930 at its session in Allahabad in the United Provinces, as well as for the session in Lahore in 1932. In his presidential address on 29 December 1930, he outlined a vision of an independent state for Muslim-majority provinces in north-western India

Poetic books in Persian
Asrar-i-Khudi
Rumuz-i-Bekhudi
Payam-i-Mashriq
Zabur-i-Ajam
Javid Nama
Pas Cheh Bayed Kard ai Aqwam-e-Sharq
Armughan-e-Hijaz (in Persian and Urdu)

Poetic books in Urdu
Bang-i-Dara
Bal-i-Jibril
Zarb-i Kalim 

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