Iqbal The Life of a Poet, Philosopher and Politician

Zafar Anjum

Random House India

320 pages, Rs. 399

Allama Mohammad Iqbal is regarded as one of the last great Muslim thinkers; his message of Eastern revival and his fight against colonial powers and Islamic fundamentalists placed him among the twentieth century’s major intellectuals. After his death, Iqbal was made the national poet of Pakistan and largely ignored in India. This is the story of his evolution as a poet, philosopher and politician, as well as an account of his little-known personal life.