“a son of Kashmiri-Brahmans but (being) acquainted with the wisdom of Rumi and Tabrizi”
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Muhammad Iqbal
Sir Muhammad Iqbal was an Islamic philosopher and poet. His poetry in Urdu is considered among the greatest of the 20th century, and his vision of a cultural and political ideal for the Muslims of British India is widely regarded as having animated the impulse behind the Pakistan Movement. The honorific commonly refers to him as Allamah and is widely considered one of the most important and influe…
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politics · Islamic philosopher and poet (1877–1938) · philosopher · poet · children's writer · politician · lawyer · jurist · writer · also Muhammad Iqbal, Sir Muhammad Iqbal, Allama Iqbal, Muhammed İkbal, Sir Allama Muhammad Iqbal, Allama Muhammad Iqbal
Born 9 November 1877 · Died 21 April 1938 · Q484141
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2026· 2 entries
Pakistan Connect: PTI MNA Molana Nasim Ali Shah takes U-turn about Allama Iqbal remarks after public backlash
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2025· 1 entry
Alt News rated the claim “Qari Mohammed Iqbal was a Lashkar terrorist” False.
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2021· 1 entry
JSTOR Daily: Muhammad Iqbal: Essays on the Reconstruction of Modern Muslim Thought
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2016· 2 entries
At the Iqbal Manzil in Sialkot
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Turkey's Minister for Culture and Tourism Nabi Avcı presented the Dost Award to Walid Iqbal, the grandson of Iqbal, in order to honour Iqbal's "services to Islam", the ceremony being held in Konya, the resting place of R
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1952· 1 entry
Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadeq, a national hero because of his oil nationalization policy, broadcast a special radio message on Iqbal Day and praised his role in the struggle of the Indian Muslims against Briti
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1938· 7 entries
Died 1938-04-21.
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“Every land which belongs to God is our land.”
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“Współczesny człowiek, to znaczy współczesny Europejczyk, przestał żyć duchowo, a więc wewnętrznie.”
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“The history of the preceding Muslim dynasties had taught Aurangzeb that the strength of Islam did not depend ... so much on the goodwill of the people of this land as on the strength of the ruling race.”
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“Przy odradzaniu się islamu konieczne jest zbadanie w niezależny sposób, jak myślała Europa i w jakim stopniu osiągnięte przez nią wyniki mogą nam dopomóc w zrewidowaniu i – o ile to konieczne – w zrekonstruowaniu myśli teologicznej islamu.”
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“O water of the river Ganges, thou rememberst the dayWhen our torrent flooded thy valleys...”
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“O ile grecka filozofia bardzo poszerzyła myślenie muzułmańskich myślicieli to jednak zaciemniła ich spojrzenie na Koran.”
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1936· 1 entry
Two years before his death, which he described as his political manifesto
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1935· 2 entries
According to his instructions, Syed Nazeer Niazi initiated and edited the journal, named after Iqbal's poem "Tulu'i Islam"
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Bal-e-Jibril بالِ جبریل (Wings of Gabriel) is considered by many critics as his finest Urdu poetry and was inspired by his visit to Spain, where he visited the monuments and legacy of the kingdom of the Moors
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1934· 1 entry
And was granted a pension by the Nawab of Bhopal
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1933· 2 entries
After returning from a trip to Spain and Afghanistan, Iqbal suffered from a mysterious throat illness
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Was officially invited to Afghanistan to join the meetings regarding the establishment of Kabul University
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1931· 1 entry
Where he expressed his views, including those on the separation of church and state, to students and other participants:
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1930· 5 entries
At its session in Allahabad in the United Provinces, as well as for the session in Lahore in 1932
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“For India, it means security and peace …; for Islam, an opportunity to rid itself of the stamp that Arabian imperialism was forced to give it.”
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Formulated a political framework for the Muslim-majority regions spanning northwestern India, spurring the League's pursuit of the two-nation theory
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Jinnah would continue to hold talks with the Congress through the decade and only officially embraced the goal of Pakistan in 1940
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And then by the Oxford University Press in 1934 in the book The Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam
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1929· 1 entry
On the occasion of his son Javed's birthday
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1927· 2 entries
And held several positions in the All-India Muslim League
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Includes the poems "Gulshan-e-Raz-e-Jadeed" ("Garden of New Secrets") and "Bandagi Nama" ("Book of Slavery")
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1923· 1 entry
Awarded Sir (1923).
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1919· 1 entry
Became the general secretary of the same organization
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1917· 1 entry
This group of poems has as its main themes the ideal community, Islamic ethical and social principles, and the relationship between the individual and society
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1915· 1 entry
Published his first collection of poetry, the Asrar-i-Khudi اسرارِ خودی (Secrets of the Self) in Persian, for which he was honoured with a British knighthood upon its publication
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1908· 3 entries
And he was closely associated with Mian Muhammad Shafi
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Studied at Trinity College, Bachelor of Arts (1905–1908).
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Iqbal established a law practice but primarily focused on producing scholarly works on politics, economics, history, philosophy, and religion
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1907· 6 entries
Studied at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Doctor of Philosophy (1907–1907).
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Went to Germany for PhD In 1908, he returned from Germany and joined the same college again as a professor of philosophy and English literature
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His German professor Emma Wegenast taught him about Goethe's Faust, Heine and Nietzsche
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Had a close friendship with the writer Atiya Fyzee in both Britain and Germany
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Iqbal moved to Germany to complete his doctoral studies under the supervision of Friedrich Hommel, and on 4 November 1907 he graduated as a Doctor of Philosophy from the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU) with
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Studied at University of Cambridge, Bachelor of Arts (1905–1907).
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1905· 2 entries
Departed from India to pursue further education in Europe, first in England and later in Germany
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Travelled to England for that purpose, as Sir Thomas Arnold had advised him to specifically study neo-Hegelian philosophy and law at Cambridge
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1899· 3 entries
At Oriental College and shortly afterward was selected as a junior professor of philosophy at Government College Lahore, where he had also been a student in the past
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Studied at Government College University, Master of Arts (1897–1899).
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Received his Master of Arts degree from the same college and won first place in philosophy in the University of the Punjab
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1897· 2 entries
Studied at Government College University, Bachelor of Arts (1895–1897).
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Obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy, English literature, and Arabic, and won the Khan Bahadurddin F
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1895· 1 entry
Studied at Murray College (1893–1895).
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1877· 1 entry
Born 1877-11-09.
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