Sir Muhammad Iqbal (Urdu: محمد اقبال ) 9 November 1877- 21 April 1938 was a poet, philosopher, lawyer, theorist and politician from Punjab, British India (now in Pakistan), whose poetry in Urdu and Persian is considered to be among the greatest of the modern era and whose vision of an independent state for the Muslims of British India was to inspire the creation of Pakistan. He is commonly referred to as Allama Iqbal.
After studying in England and
Germany, Iqbal established a Law practice, but 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 Iqbal-e-Lahori he is highly regarded for his Persian works.
