Muhammad Iqbal
'Allama Muhammad Iqbal'\ (b.
1877-d.
1939) was an eminent
Muslimphilosopher from
India. He is also recogonized as a great
Urdu poet. His only work in
English is
Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam (
1928). In
1938] he presented the idea of a seperate Muslim homeland in India, which became the basis for the creation of
Pakistan. He died in
1939 and was buried near the Badshah Mosque in Lahore (present day Pakistan.)
