Allama Muhammad Iqbal

Allama Sir Muhammad Iqbal (1877–1938) was a poet and philosopher, born in Sialkot and buried in Lahore. His Urdu poetry is considered among the greatest of the twentieth century, and he also wrote widely in Persian. He is remembered as the "Poet of the East" (Shair-e-Mashriq), and his vision for the Muslims of British India helped inspire the Pakistan Movement.

He studied at Government College Lahore, Trinity College, Cambridge, and the University of Munich, where he earned a doctorate. His best-known works include Bang-e-Dara, Bal-e-Jibril and Zarb-e-Kaleem in Urdu; Asrar-e-Khudi, Payam-e-Mashriq and Javid Nama in Persian; and the poems Tarana-e-Milli and Saare Jahan Se Achha.