BEGUM Rasheeda Aftab Iqbal, the wife of the late Barrister Aftab Iqbal, the eldest son of Allama Mohammed Iqbal, has done a research on the life of Allama Iqbal and his family.

This 506-page book entitled Allama Iqbal Uar Unkay Farzand-i-Akbar Aftab Iqbal is a unique work. Begum Rasheeda claims that this new book may reveal the hidden aspects of Allama Iqbal and his family’s life.

She claims that most of the people know nothing about the hidden aspects of Iqbal’s family. According to her research, data has been completed about the last resting places of Iqbal’s family. She claims that this data is real and based on facts. The previous resources in this regard are incomplete and differ with the facts.

Iqbal was not fond of marriages. He got married to Karim Bibi, Mukhtar Begum and Sardar Begum in different times of need and unavoidable circumstances.

Allama Iqbal had two children (Aftab Iqbal and Meraj Begum) from his first wife Karim Bibi; a son from his second wife Mukhtar Begum (both mother and son) died very soon after birth.

Iqbal had a son, Javid Iqbal, and a daughter, Muneer Bano, from his third wife, Sardar Begum. Now only Javid Iqbal (75) and Muneer Bano (69) are alive members of Iqbal’s family.

Begum Rasheeda Aftab Iqbal has also given details of the last resting places of Allama Iqbal’s family. According to her, Shaikh Muhammad Rafiq (the grandfather of Allama Iqbal) had been buried in Ropar graveyard of India, Taleb Bi (sister of Allama Iqbal) died on July 31, 1902, and was laid to rest in Kashmirian graveyard of Sialkot.

Imam Bibi, the mother of Allama Iqbal, died on Nov 9, 1914. Her grave is in Imam Sahib graveyard, Sialkot.

Mukhtar Begum (second wife of Allama Iqbal) died on Oct 21, 1924. She is buried in Ludhiana graveyard of India. Noor Muhammad (father of Allama Iqbal) died on Aug 17, 1930. He was laid to rest in Imam Sahib graveyard, Sialkot.

Sardar Begum (third wife of Allama Iqbal) died on May 23, 1935. Her grave is in Bibi Pak Daman graveyard of Lahore.

Shaikh Ata Muhammad, elder brother of Allama Iqbal, died on Dec 22, 1940. He is buried in Kashmirian graveyard, Sialkot. Shabnam (Allama Iqbal’s granddaughter) died on Sept 5, 1945. She is buried in Meraj Din graveyard of Sialkot. Akbari Begum (Iqbal’s niece) died on 1948. She is buried in a Quetta graveyard. Shaikh Imtiaz Ahmad, Iqbal’s nephew, died on Dec 30, 1946, and is buried in Bahrain graveyard. Karim Bibi (first wife of Allama Iqbal) died on Feb 28, 1947. Her last resting place is in Meraj Din graveyard, Lahore.

Shaikh Noor Ahmad (Iqbal’s nephew) died in 1949 and is buried in Kashmirian graveyard, Sialkot. Shaikh Zahoor Ahmad (Iqbal’s nephew) died on Aug 22, 1954, and is buried in Kashmirian graveyard, Sialkot. Shaikh Khurshid Ahmad (Iqbal’s nephew) died on Aug 25, 1954. He is buried in Kashmirian graveyard, Sialkot.

Karim Bibi (sister of Allama Iqbal) died on July 4, 1958, and was laid to rest in Kashmirian graveyard of Sialkot. Prof Manzoor Ahmad (Iqbal’s nephew) died on July 15, 1976 and was laid to rest in Kashmirian graveyard, Sialkot.

Aftab Iqbal (Allama Iqbal’s first son) died on Aug 13, 1979. He was laid to rest in Sukhi Hussain graveyard of Karachi. Waqar Iqbal (son of Aftab Iqbal) died on Dec 22, 1988, and was buried in Sukhi Hussain graveyard of Karachi. Mukhtar (Iqbal’s nephew) died on Dec 18, 1989. His grave is in Miani Sahib, Lahore.

Muhammad Zafarul Haq (Iqbal’s nephew) died on Jan 27, 1990, and is buried in Society graveyard of Karachi. Shaikh Ejaz Ahmad (Iqbal’s nephew) died on Jan 2, 1994. He is buried in Steel Town graveyard, Karachi. Barkat Bibi (Iqbal’s niece) is buried in Kashmirian graveyard, Sialkot.

Sarwar (Iqbal’s nephew) is buried in Lahore graveyard, Fatima Bibi (Iqbal’s sister) was laid to rest in Kashmirian graveyard of Sialkot and Zainab Bibi (sister of Allama Iqbal) was buried in a Wazirabad graveyard.

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