Muhammad Iqbal
1877 – 1938 · Pakistan · Literature, Philosophy
Poet-philosopher who conceived the idea of Pakistan.
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- Rumi
1207 – 1273 · Literature, Philosophy
Iqbal names Rumi his master throughout the Persian poems.
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