Allama Muhammad Iqbal

Iqbal was born in Sialkot , within the Punjab
Province of British India . 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 . Iqbal ' s father,
Shaikh Noor Mohammad , was a tailor, not
formally educated but a religious man .
Iqbal' s mother Imam Bibi was a polite and
humble woman who helped the poor and
solved the problems of neighbours .
Iqbal is known as Shair- e - Mushriq meaning
Poet of the East . He is also called Muffakir-
e -Pakistan . ... ,