AN ADDRESSEE OF ALLAMA IQBAL: LORD LOTHIAN

Abstract

Allama Iqbal is very known poet of East. He did poetry in Urdu and Persian. He is national poet of Pakistan. He is a great thinker, philosopher and politician. Beside of poetry he wrote about 1500 letters to famous national and international contemporary personalities. Lord Lothian was one of his addressees. He was the key person of British Government. 1n 1939 he appointed Ambassador to the United States. He visited India and met Allama Iqbal. Allama Iqbal and Lord Lothian wrote many letters to each other. These letters are published in different Collections of Iqbal’s Letters. In these letters Iqbal discussed some important issues with Lord Lothian. The aim of this study is to indicate the friendly relations between Allama Iqbal and Lord Lothian. Furthermore aim of this study is to highlight the text of letters in their background. Most of these letters are about Rhodes Lectures so aim of this research study is to highlight this historical matter that was very important for both, Iqbal and Lord Lothian.