IQBAL AND KASHMIR: Iqbal's heart was scarred with the condition of Kashmiris during Dogra rule, especially after the July 1931 massacre. A momentous day in his life was when people of Jammu and Kashmir revolted against the brutal feudal autocracy of Dogras. He was ardent 1/n

in his support to Kashmiris against Dogras; whether in form of a political front, i.e Kashmir comittee, his efforts to raise awareness about Kashmir in Punjabi press, his support to the Ahrar movement and his legal aid to jailed Kashmiri leadership. It was due to Iqbal’s 2/n

efforts the Glancy Commission was appointed by the British government, which recommended a variety of constitutional reforms in the state after conducting a thorough investigation. Due to all these efforts Iqbal was banned from entering Kashmir.
However he would go on to 3/n

mention Kashmir, the land of his ancestors, in many of his poems. Payam-e-Mashriq was published in 1932, and one of its most famous poems called 'Saqi Nama' had been written in 1920 in Nishat Bagh, Srinagar. In some of the verses he had mentioned about silk factories and 4/n

workers working therein. He was amazed that Kashmir political struggle against Dogras had started with a rebellion by workers of a Silk factory in 1924. In Payam-e-Mashriq, Iqbal prayed to God to "Bring revolution in the hearts of Kashmiris so that they can live with 5/n

honour in this world"

Iqbal's love and pain for his fellow Kashmiris never faded away and in his last poetry book 'Armughaan-e-Hijaz'(1936) he dedicated a final poem to his beloved Kashmir that reads: 6/n

Aaj Woh Kashmir Hai Mahkoom-o-Majboor-o-Faqeer
Kal Jise Ahl-e-Nazar Kahte Thay Iran-e-Sagheer

Kashmir today is under utter subjugation, malice, deprived, and helpless
Which was described until yesterday as minor Iran by the wise and learned
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Seena’ay Aflaak Se Uthti Hai Aah-e Soz Naak
Mard-e-Haq Hota Hai Jab Mar’oob-e-Sultan-o-Ameer

A deep burning cry oozes forth from the heart of the heavens
When a man of Truth falls in awe of the authority of ruling elites
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Keh Raha Hai DastaaN Baydaari-e-Ayyaam Ki
Koh Ke Daaman Mein Woh Gham Khana’ay Dehqaan-e-Peer

How sad! That he is telling the story of the period of awakening
An old farmer overtaken by grief in the valley of the mountain
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Ah! Ye Qaum-e-Najeeb-o-Charb Dast-o-Tar Damagh
Hai KahaaN Roz-E-Makafaat Ay Khuda’ay Dair Geer?

Ah! This noble and lovely nation, spiritually and materially fervid and suave
O Almighty Allah! Where is the Day of Requite and justice for this nation n/n

(Some very rare pics of Allama Iqbal attatched in the above thread)