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Afghanistan And The Death of Allama Iqbal!
Iqbal's love and appreciation of Afghanistan & Afghan nation in his poetry is well-known. On 81st Death Anniversary of #DrAlamaIqbal, today, I share with you how Afghans, the people that he always spoke high of, reacted to his death.
Iqbal's love and appreciation of Afghanistan & Afghan nation in his poetry is well-known. On 81st Death Anniversary of #DrAlamaIqbal, today, I share with you how Afghans, the people that he always spoke high of, reacted to his death.
The attached Pashto couplet from the eulogy poem of Qayam-ud-Din Khadim captures the collective sentiments of the whole Afghan nation. It loosely translates to English as:
O Iqbal! the whole Umma mourns your death
From China to Rome, Turkey, Hind and till Afghanistan.
O Iqbal! the whole Umma mourns your death
From China to Rome, Turkey, Hind and till Afghanistan.
I think it would be important to also have some tweets on Alama Iqbal visit of Afghanistan in 1933, five years before his death. Allama Iqbal was accompanied by other literary figures of Hindustan like Syed Suleman Nadvi , Sir Ras Masood and others on this visit.
The then Afghan govt and the literary people of Kabul had very warmly welcomed the visiting leading scholars of Hindustan(rather of the East as remarked the speaker in his welcome speech).
A welcome poem was read in honor of the guests, especially of Allama Iqbal.
Iqbal also delivered his speech, which I post in full, as reported by the Kabul Magzine.
[I urge all Afghans here on Twitter to must read the last of his of his speech. Know how Iqbal regarded you and don't fall victim to the hate campaign against him. ]
![Iqbal also delivered his speech, which I post in full, as reported by the Kabul Magzine. [I urge all Afghans here on Twitter to must read the last of his of his speech. Know how Iqbal regarded you and don't fall victim to the hate campaign against him. ]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D4oa2rBWkAUsq_x.png "Iqbal also delivered his speech, which I post in full, as reported by the Kabul Magzine. [I urge all Afghans here on Twitter to must read the last of his of his speech. Know how Iqbal regarded you and don't fall victim to the hate campaign against him. ]")
![Iqbal also delivered his speech, which I post in full, as reported by the Kabul Magzine. [I urge all Afghans here on Twitter to must read the last of his of his speech. Know how Iqbal regarded you and don't fall victim to the hate campaign against him. ]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D4oa84MX4AAwkqg.png "Iqbal also delivered his speech, which I post in full, as reported by the Kabul Magzine. [I urge all Afghans here on Twitter to must read the last of his of his speech. Know how Iqbal regarded you and don't fall victim to the hate campaign against him. ]")
![Iqbal also delivered his speech, which I post in full, as reported by the Kabul Magzine. [I urge all Afghans here on Twitter to must read the last of his of his speech. Know how Iqbal regarded you and don't fall victim to the hate campaign against him. ]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D4obIpBW4AESJ9N.jpg "Iqbal also delivered his speech, which I post in full, as reported by the Kabul Magzine. [I urge all Afghans here on Twitter to must read the last of his of his speech. Know how Iqbal regarded you and don't fall victim to the hate campaign against him. ]")
[I urge all Afghans here on Twitter to must read the last of his of his speech. Know how Iqbal regarded you and don't fall victim to the hate campaign against him. ]
You might already know that in 1923, Allama Iqbal had dedicated his book The Message of The East (Piyam-e-Mashriq) to the then King of Afghanistan Ghazi Amanullah Khan.
if not, you may want to read the following thread on the subject. https://twitter.com/NafeesRehmanDr/status/1060666352053223425
if not, you may want to read the following thread on the subject. https://twitter.com/NafeesRehmanDr/status/1060666352053223425
When Allama Iqbal died on this day in 1938, Afghan govt arranged a reference in his memory which was well attended by people of all walks of life, especially by scholars and poets.
Pashtun and Persian poets alike wrote eulogy poems on Allama Iqbal's death which were published and circulated the Afghan govt.
Here is the full-poem of Qayam-Ud-Din Khadim.
Here is the full-poem of Qayam-Ud-Din Khadim.
A very popular Pashtun nationalist poet Gul Pacha Ulfat remembered Allama Iqbal as follows.
Rasai Iqbal - A Persian poem.
Marsiya Iqbal.
[Continued...some more tweets will be added to this thread]
Iqbal was inspired by the great Khushal Khan Khattak Baba. Here is the Will Of Khushal Khan Khattak in the words of Allama Iqbal.
King Amanuallh Khan knew some of #AllamaIqbal's poetry by heart. He said this in an interview to an american journalist, published in Jan 1928. https://twitter.com/NafeesRehmanDr/status/1060878455779311617
Did you know that #AllamaIqbal supported Nadir Khan against Habibullah Kalkani & had collected funds to support him? Here is a letter of Nadir Khan (Later Nadir Shah) that he addressed to Allama Iqbal, dated September 11, 1929.
via @Pashz7 from the book of Iqbal and the Afghans.
via @Pashz7 from the book of Iqbal and the Afghans.
