More or less correct here, although Tarani-e-Hind and his other poem Hindustani Bacchon ki Qaumi geet and other poems were published and popularised in 1924 which is much later.
There was no demand of a seperate state for Muslims in any possible way in the 1920s and certainly not by Iqbal in the 1930s either.
Read his Allahbad speech of 1930, no where does he mentioned about a seperate state. Infact, he calls present day Pakistanis -North West INDIAN muslims. Do read the entire speech carefully and you will clearly see that there was no demand for an independant state but only about a muslim majority state within India. In 1930, there was no state that had a clear muslim majority because of the way British India administered its provinces.
Presidential Address, annual session of the All-India Muslim League, Allahabad, December 1930, by Sir Muhammad Iqbal
It was suggested by Chadary Rahmat Ali who was a stundent in Britain and was hardly present in India. Infact, Chaudary Rehmat Ali in the end was very critical of Jinnah and considered him a traitor-possibly because he felt he was not given enough importance. Currently he is buried in Britain.
Maybe its time to learn the fact that there was never an explicity demand for a seperate state by Iqbal. Only a muslim majority autonomous state within India. Please do read the 1930- speech which it seems most Pakistanis and even Indians unfortuantely are unaware.
Even though Pakistan concept was known in the 1930s, Iqbal never used it in his speeches or writings. As Ayesha Jalal also mentioned, even Jinnah never articulated the creation of a seperate state until after 1940 and even then he was inclined to give up that demand.
Anyways, I think this was a thread only about poetry from Iqbal. If you read his other works there are many poems for example in praise of Ram who he calls Imam-e-Hind like
Labreiz Hai Sharaabe haqeeqat se Jaame hind.
Sab falsafi Hain Khitai Maghrib ke Raame Hind .
Hai Raam Ke wajood Pe Hindostaan ko Naaz,
Ahle Nazar Samjhatein hain Unko Imaame Hind.
The cup of India is full to its brim with the wine of truth.
The thinkers of west actually reflect the philosophy of Rama.
India is proud that Rama existed,
thinkers and philosophers consider him spritual leader of Hind.
To understand Iqbal, you have to look at his works in totality. Otherwise, people read parts of his works and put him in boxes of their own convenience.
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