خراج عقیدت
From a Sufi diarist in 1923 to the leaders of the subcontinent, admiration for him crossed every line that divided his age. The archive collects the tributes paid to him, then and since.
PDFs, recordings & videos open on the original archiveHomages, elegies, and poems — including "Shaheen-e-Iqbal", Iqbal's Eagle. Every PDF opens from the archive.
Nazarana-e-Aqidat
Saneh-e-Millat
Jazbaat-e-Khulus
Sher-e-Islam
Sipas Naama
Iqbal's Eagle
Condolences
"A passionate, devout and wise young man — Islamic fervour fills his every vein."
Khwaja Hasan Nizami
Diary, 16 July 1923 — on meeting an 18-year-old Bahadur Khan
"Even those who opposed his politics were lovers of his fiery eloquence — all acknowledged his miraculous oratory alike."
From the archive's introduction
Nazeer Uddin Ahmed, biographer · Hyderabad Deccan
"He turned away from a life of comfort — leaving warm quilts and soft beds — to awaken a hundred million people of the subcontinent."
A tribute preserved in the archive
On his sacrifice and service
"Before his death he became more loving, popular and powerful than the Nizam — he was the shaheen of Iqbal."
Nazeer Uddin Ahmed
Biographer, on his standing in Hyderabad