Punjabi
Punjabi, or Panjabi, most often refers to:
* Something of, from, or related to Punjab, a region in India and Pakistan
* Punjabi language
* Punjabi people
* Punjabi dialects and languages
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Iqbal Iqbal, Eqbal, Ikbal, or Eghbal may refer to:
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*''Eqbaliyeh'', rural district in Iran
* ''Eqbal-e Gharbi Rural District'', western provincial district in Qazvin, Iran
* ''Eqbal- ...
scholar, historian, writer and intellectual from
Pakistan
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and Philosophy from the
University of the Punjab
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. He started his teaching career in 1953, which continued, to his Government College years until his retirement in 1980. He was appointed the chairman, Department of Iqbal Studies, university
Oriental College
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, Lahore from 1981 to 1985. He was appointed Director
Iqbal Academy Pakistan
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from 1985 to 1988 and then from 1991 to 1993. He was a Member and office holder of many Committees and formations. Prof. Muhammad Munawwar wrote a large number of books relating to Iqbal Studies, Pakistan Movement, Islamic Studies, Literature and other topics. He contributed hundreds of articles on various topics, which were published in journals of International repute. He also translated a number of books from Arabic and English to Urdu. He attended a large number of National and International Conferences held in Pakistan and abroad. His book relating to the Iqbal Studies entitled Iqbal and Quranic Wisdom won the National Presidential Iqbal Award in 1986. As an acknowledgment and token of appreciation of his contributions, Prof. Muhammad Munawwar was awarded Sitara-i-Imtiaz by the
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.Obituaries from Iqbal Review
His son in law Salahuddin Ayyubi is also a prolific writer. His grand daughter Ambreen Salahuddin and her husband Sajjad Bloch are renowned poets.
Works
Some of his major publications include:
Books
*''Iqbal : poet-philosopher of Islam''
*''Iqbal and Quranic wisdom''
*''Dimensions of Pakistan movement''
*''Mīzān-i Iqbāl''. Critical study of the Persian and Urdu poetry of Sir Muhammad Iqbal, 1877–1938, with emphasis on his forceful advocacy of Panislamism
*''Dimensions of Iqbal''
*''Iqbal on human perfection''
*''Burhān-i Iqbāl''. On the religious convictions of Sir Muhammad Iqbal, 1877–1938, national poet of Pakistan
*''ʻAllāmah Iqbāl kī Fārsī g̲h̲azal''
*''Qirt̤ās-i Iqbāl''. Articles based on the ideology and works of Sir Muhammad Iqbal, 1877–1938; a research study
*''Abḥāth dhikrá Iqbāl al-miʼawīyah''. In Arabic
*''Pākistān, ḥiṣār-i Islām''. Articles on the history and politics of Pakistan written during a span of 50 years
*''Īqān Iqbāl''
*''Maz̤āmīn-i Munavvar''. Critical essays on 19th and 20th century Urdu authors
*''Karam farmā''. Short biographical sketches of Pakistani celebrities belonging to different walk of life
*''Īqān-i Iqbāl''
*''Aulād-i Ādam''
Translations
*''Tīn Musalmān failsūf''. Translation from the English of
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's ''Three Muslim Sages:
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*''Siyāsatʹnāmah''. Translation from the Arabic of
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Iqbaliat
This is a selective list of scholarly works related to Muhammad Iqbal, the poet-philosopher of the Indian subcontinent.
The literature on Iqbal is extensive : critic Rauf Parekh, basing himself on the works of Prof Dr Haroonur Rasheed Tabassum, ...