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Iqbal, Sir Muhammad (1877–1938), philosopher and poet  

H. A. R. Gibb

revised by Francis Robinson

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Published in print:
23 September 2004
Published online:
23 September 2004

Iqbal, Sir Muhammad (1877–1938), philosopher and poet, was born at Sialkot in the Punjab on 9 November 1877. He was the younger son of Sheikh Nuruddin Muhammad, whose forebears were Hindu converts to Islam originally from Kashmir, and Imam Bibi, a devout woman of working-class background. He was educated at the ...

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Yahya Ali Omar (1924–2008), Swahili scholar  

P. J. L. Frankl

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Published in print:
07 March 2013
Published online:
05 January 2012

Yahya Ali Omar (1924–2008), Swahili scholar, was born in June 1924 in Mombasa, Kenya protectorate, the only son, a twin, and the youngest of three children of Ali bin Omar, fisherman, and his wife, Sudi binti Athman, both Swahili from northern Swahililand. When ...