The Kashmiris in Punjab, also referred to as Punjabi Kashmiris, are a group of people in the Punjab region divided between India and Pakistan, who either have full or partial Kashmiri ancestry.
Painting of a Kashmiri migrant labourer (hato) in Amritsar, with Gurdwara Baba Atal in the background, by Gian Singh 'Naqqash'
Sir Muhammad Iqbal was an Islamic philosopher and poet. His poetry in Urdu is considered among the greatest of the 20th century, and his vision of a cultural and political ideal for the Muslims of Bri
Kashmiris in Punjab
…Kashmiris faced discrimination in the Punjab as well. Kashmiris settled for generations in the Punjab were unable to own land, including the family of Muhammad Iqbal. Scholar Chitralekha Zutshi states that Kashmiri Muslims settled in the Punjab retained emotional and familial links to Kashmir and felt obliged to…
Portrait of Muhammad Iqbal
Muhammad Iqbal with his son Javed Iqbal in 1930
Plaque at Portugal Place, Cambridge, commemorating Iqbal's residence there during his time at Trinity College
The tomb of Muhammad Iqbal at the entrance of the Badshahi Mosque in Lahore