Allama Muhammad Iqbal [Shair-e-Mushriq] (9 November 1877 - 21
April 1938 / Sialkot / British India) Biography of Allama
Muhammad Iqbal Sir Muhammad Iqbal, also known as Allama Iqbal,
was a philosopher, poet and politician in British India who is
widely regarded to have inspired the Pakistan Movement. He is
considered one of the most important figures in Urdu literature,
with literary work in both the Urdu and Persian languages. Iqbal
is admired as a prominent classical poet by Pakistani, Indian
and other international scholars of literature. Although most
well known as a poet, he has also been acclaimed as a modern
Muslim philosopher. His first poetry book, Asrar-e-Khudi,
appeared in the Persian language in 1915, and other books of
poetry include Rumuz-i-Bekhudi, Payam-i-Mashriq and Zabur-i-
Ajam. Some of his most well known Urdu works are Bang-i-Dara,
Bal-i-Jibril and Zarb-i Kalim. Along with his Urdu and Persian
poetry, his various Urdu and English lectures and letters have
been very influential in cultural,