Sheikh Mohammad Iqbal is a Kashmiri[1][2] author,[3][4] historian,[5][6] Islamic scholar,[7] intellectual,[8] educationist,[7] academician,[9] researcher,[4] writer, publisher[10] and former archaeologist.[5] A globally acknowledged scholar on Islamic History and Arab-Islamic issues,[11] Iqbal is considered an authority on Saudi Arabia.[12] Being a prolific writer, he has written over forty seven books[13] and numerous research papers and articles published in the local,[14] national,[11] and international journals.[15] He was a visiting Asian Professor and Fulbright-Hays Senior Scholar to United States[14][12][16] and a visiting scholar to King Abdulaziz University.[7] He served in Kashmir for almost three decades, holding, besides others, the posts of a Lecturer,[17] Professor,[2] Head of Department,[15] Principal[18] and Director.[14]