Born:(1877-11-09)9 November 1877, Sialkot, Punjab, British India, (present-day Punjab, Pakistan)
Died:21 April 1938(1938-04-21) (aged 60), Lahore, Punjab, British India, (present-day Punjab, Pakistan)
Office:Member of the Punjab Legislative Council (1927–1930)
Region:Punjab
School:Islamic philosophy, , idealism
Thesis:The Development of Metaphysics in Persia (1908)
Children:6
Language:Urdu, , Arabic, , Persian, , English
Education:Scotch Mission College (FA), , Government College, Lahore (BA, MA), , University of Cambridge (BA), , Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (PhD)
Spouse(s):Karim Bibi (m. 1893, separated), Sardar Begum (m. 1910; died 1935), Mukhtar Begum (m. 1914; died 1924)
Occupations:Philosopher, , author, , politician
Institutions:Jamia Millia Islamia (co-founder)
Notable ideas:Allahabad Address (1930)
Notable works:Bang-e-Dara, Tarana-e-Milli, The Secrets of the Self, The Secrets of Selflessness, Message from the East, Persian Psalms, Javid Nama, Sare Jahan se Accha
Resting place:Mazar-e-Iqbal, Lahore
Main interests:Urdu literature, , Persian poetry, , Islamic history, , Islamic revival, , pan-Islamism