Biography of Alama Muhammad Iqbal (1877-1938)
Allama Muhammad Iqbal (1877-1938) Sir Muhammad Iqbal, also known as Allama Iqbal, was a British Indian philosopher, poet, and politician who was born on November 9, 1877, and died on April 21, 1938. He is regarded as one of the most important figures in Urdu literature, having written in both Urdu and Persian. He was also referred to as a modern Muslim philosophical thinker. Shair-e-Mushriq, or Poet of the East, is another name for Iqbal. He is also known as Muffakir-e-Pakistan ("Pakistan's Inceptor") and Hakeem-ul-Ummat ("The Sage of the Ummah"). In Iran and Afghanistan, he is known as Iqbal-e Lhor, or Iqbal of Lahore, and is best known for his Persian work.He had been designated as Pakistan's "national poet" by the government. He has a variety of literary and narrative works. His first poetry collection, Asrar-e-Khudi, was published in Persian in 1915, and he also wrote Rumuz-i-Bekhudi, Payam-i-Mashriq, and Zabur-i-Ajam. Among his most well-kno...