Letters of Allama Muhammad Iqbal to Ghulam Abbas Aram: Review of text, footnotes and key discussions
مکاتیبِ علامہ محمد اقبال بنام غلام عباس آرام :متن ، حواشی اور اہم مباحث کا جائزہ
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https://doi.org/10.52015/daryaft.v16i02.400Keywords:
Ghulam Abbas Aram, Iqbal, Letters, Iran, Zoroastrianism, TagoreAbstract
One of Iqbal's correspondents was Ghulam Abbas Aram who was serving in Bombay at that time. He was born in 1903 in Yazd. His father, Ali-Reza, a tea seller, was a preacher of the Baha'i sect. It is clear from Ghulam Abbas Aram's Makatib-e-Iqbal that he was a scholar who had a special interest in poetry, literature, Sufism and philosophy. The available letters of Allama Iqbal to Ghulam Abbas Aram are in English, four in number and their duration is very limited. No information is available about how the introduction between Iqbal and Aram came about. Ghulam Abbas Aram neither wrote any article nor any other writing about Allama Iqbal's thoughts and correspondence with him. In this way, there is no other sign except these letters in his remaining documents. However, Ghulam Abbas Aram made sure that he kept them safe in his personal documents. Later, a distinguished Iranian translator and researcher, Dr. Hussain Ali Nozri, translated these English letters into Persian and they appeared in the first issue of the former magazine of this institute, "Tarikh Maasari Iran" in 1997.
These letters are very helpful in understanding Iqbal's intellectual connection and preoccupation with Iran.
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Author Biographies
DR. TARIQ MAHMOOD, Associate Professor, Department of Urdu, G C University, Faisalabad, Pakistan
Dr. Tariq Mahmood is an Associate Professor in the Department of Urdu at GC University, Faisalabad, Pakistan. He holds a Ph.D. in Urdu from Peshawar University, where he specialized in Poetry and Criticism. Dr. Mahmood has contributed extensively to the field, publishing 90 research articles and authoring 30 books. His scholarly interests include modern literary criticism and the poetic traditions of Urdu literature. In addition to his academic role, he is currently serving as the Principal of the College of Oriental Languages at GC University, Faisalabad.
DR. ALI BAYAT, Associate Professor, Department of Urdu language and literature, University of Tehran, Iran
Dr. Ali Bayat is a distinguished Faulty Member in the Department of Urdu at the University of Tehran, Iran. Holding a Ph.D. in Urdu from Punjab University, Pakistan, focusing on Poetry and Linguistics. Dr. Bayat has made substantial contributions to Urdu literature, with 35 articles published in renowned Journals and 05 books, highlighting his expertise and dedication to advancing the study and appreciation of Classical Urdu poetry and contemporary linguistic analysis.
