Sir Muhammad Iqbal was a South Asian Islamic philosopher, poet and politician. His poetry is considered to be among the greatest of the 20th century, and his vision of a cultural and political ideal for the Muslims of British-ruled India is widely regarded as having animated the impulse for the Pakistan Movement. He is commonly referred to by the honourific Allama. and widely considered one of the most important and influential Muslim thinkers and Western religious philosophers of the 20th century.
Iqbal in 1938
Allama Iqbal with his son Javed Iqbal in 1930
Plaque at Portugal Place, Cambridge, commemorating Allama Iqbal's residence there during his time at Trinity College
The tomb of Muhammad Iqbal at the entrance of the Badshahi Mosque in Lahore
The Pakistan Movement was a nationalist and political movement in the first half of the 20th century that aimed for the creation of Pakistan from the Muslim-majority areas of British India. It was connected to the perceived need for self-determination for Muslims under British rule at the time. Muhammad Ali Jinnah, a barrister and politician led this movement after the Lahore Resolution was passed by All-India Muslim League on the 23 March 1940 and Ashraf Ali Thanwi as a religious scholar supported it.
Minar-e-Pakistan, where the bill of Lahore Resolution was passed on 23 March 1940
The Battle of Miani during the conquest of Sindh
Sir David Baird discovering the body of Tipu Sultan
Sir Syed Ahmad Khan became an inspiration for the Pakistan Movement.