Monday 7 November 2011

Poet of East Iqbal


Muhammad Iqbal  that is in Urdu: محمد اقبال who is famous with the title of Shair-e-Mashriq ("The Poet of the East"), Muffakir-e-Pakistan ("The Thinker of Pakistan"), and Hakeem-ul-Ummat ("The Sage of the Ummah") was born in November 9, 1877 Sialkot, when British was as government in India and now Sialkot is in Pakistan. His father name is Sheikh Noor Muhammad, mother name is Immam Bibi, and he had three wives, i. Karaim Bibi (Wedding 1893, ii. Sardar Begum (Wedding 1910 and iii. Mukhtar Begum (Wedding 1913) He studied till Intermediate in Sialkot, the birth place 1895, and completed B.A and M.A from Government college Lahore 1899, went England in 1905, completed Bar At Law in London and PhD from Munich University, Germany 1908.

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, with its enduring patriotic song Tarana-e-Hind. He also was one of the most prominent leaders of the All-India Muslim League; Iqbal encouraged the creation of a "state in northwestern India for Indian Muslims" in his 1930 presidential address. He was died in Lahore, 21 April, 1938.