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476 pages; Lahore: Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1962. First Edition Thus. Autograph; 476 pages; Near Fine in original binding with gilt lettering and decorative stamping at spine, in original dustjacket with some edgewear and a crease along right side of front panel, in protective mylar wrapper. Poet of the East and Chughtai by Sir Mohammad Iqbal (1877-1938) (main author) . Special Edition limited to 275 unnumbered copies. Text printed in English, Urdu and Persian. Illustrations by Abdur Rahman Chughtai (1897-1973) . Introductory essay by Justice S. A. Rahman Lahore. Livre d'artiste. B&W portrait of the artist, 38 tipped-in colour plates printed at City Engraving Company in Hull mounted on card stock, 24 full page b&w plates on card stock, 8 full page colour plates, plus additional illustrations and illuminations; each page of text with decorative illustrated borders printed in colours. An elaborately illustrated and beautifully printed volume. OCLC 62997862 Only 3 copies located. This volume was presented by former President of Pakistan General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq to Mr. Rowland Evans. Inscribed and signed "With my very Best Wishes / To Mr. Rowland Evans / [Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq signature] / Geneve / 04 June 1981" The publisher expresses his gratitude to Prof. R. A. Nicholson, Prof. J Arberry, Prof. V. G. Kiernan, Prof. Eric Cyprian, and others for English poems of Dr. Iqbal. Very large, heavy book -- additional shipping. Abdur Rahman Chughtai (21 September 1894 - 17 January 1975) was a painter artist and intellectual from Pakistan, who created his own unique, distinctive painting style influenced by Mughal art, miniature painting, Art Nouveau and Islamic art traditions. He is considered to be 'the first significant modern Muslim artist from Pakistan', and the national artist of Pakistan. He was given the title of Khan Bahadur by the British Empire in India in 1934, awarded Pakistan's Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Crescent of Excellence) Award in 1960, and the Pride of Performance Award in 1958 by the President of Pakistan. Sir Muhammad Iqbal Kt (Urdu: 1877 - 1938) , was a South Asian Muslim writer, philosopher, and politician, whose poetry in the Urdu language is considered among the greatest of the twentieth century, and whose vision of a cultural and political ideal for the Muslims of British-ruled India was to animate the impulse for Pakistan. He is commonly referred to by the honorific Allama (from Persian: 'very knowing, most learned') . He taught Arabic at the Oriental College, Lahore from 1899 until 1903. During this time, he wrote prolifically. Among the Urdu poems from this time that remain popular are Parinde ki faryad (A bird's prayer) , an early meditation on animal rights, and Tarana-e-Hindi (The Song of India) a patriotic poem-both poems composed for children. In 1905, he left for further studies in Europe, first to England, where he completed a second B. A. At Trinity College, Cambridge and was subsequently called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn, and then to Germany, where he received a Ph. D. In philosophy at the University of Munich. After returning to Lahore in 1908, he established a law practice but concentrated on writing scholarly works on politics, economics, history, philosophy, and religion. He is best known for his poetic works, including Asrar-e-Khudi - after whose publication he was awarded a knighthood, Rumuz-e-Bekhudi, and the Bang-e-Dara. In Iran, where he is known as Iqbal-e Lahori (Iqbal of Lahore) , he is highly regarded for his Persian works. After the creation of Pakistan in 1947, he was named the national poet there. He is also known as the "Hakeem-ul-Ummat" ("The Sage of the Ummah") and the "Mufakkir-e-Pakistan" ("The Thinker of Pakistan") . ; Signed by Notable Personage, Related .; Signed and Association Copies, Art and Art History, Most Recent Listing.
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