Allama Muhammad Iqbal

Sir Muhammad Iqbal KCSI (Urdu: محمد اقبال‎; 9 November 1877 – 21 April 1938) was a Pakistani writer,[1][2] philosopher,[3] and politician,[4] whose verse in the Urdu and Persian dialects is among the most very much respected of the 20th century,[5][6][7][8] and whose vision of a social and political ideal for the Muslims of British-administered India[9] was to quicken the drive for Pakistan.[1][10] He is normally alluded to by the honorific Allama[11] (from Persian: علامہ‎, romanized: ʿallāma, lit. 'very knowing, most learned').[12]