Literary Account

Sicily in poetry of Iqbal & its forgotten Saracen connect.

Sicily in poetry of Iqbal & its forgotten Saracen connect.

๐‘ป๐’‰๐’‚ ๐’€๐’‚๐’‰๐’‚๐’ฬƒ ๐‘ฏ๐’‚๐’๐’ˆ๐’‚๐’Ž๐’‚ ๐‘ฐ๐’ ๐‘บ๐’†๐’‰๐’“๐’‚ ๐‘ต๐’‚๐’”๐’‰๐’†๐’†๐’๐’๐’ฬƒ ๐‘ฒ๐’‚ ๐‘ฒ๐’‚๐’ƒ๐’‰๐’Š
๐‘ฉ๐’†๐’‰๐’†๐’“ ๐‘ฉ๐’‚๐’›๐’Š-๐‘ฎ๐’‚๐’‰ ๐‘ป๐’‰๐’‚ ๐‘ฑ๐’Š๐’ ๐‘ฒ๐’† ๐‘บ๐’‚๐’‡๐’†๐’†๐’๐’๐’ ๐‘ฒ๐’‚ ๐‘ฒ๐’‚๐’ƒ๐’‰๐’Š

When Allama Iqbal was returning from Europe to India where his flight passed over the Sicily, in melancholic mindset he wrote this poem about Sicily.

The Rebel Queen: Begum Hazrat Mahal

The Rebel Queen: Begum Hazrat Mahal

Hazrat Mahal turned the enemy away with display of extreme bravery. She has proved to be such a courageous woman and truly kept the honor of your name. For how brave and valiant he himself must be, whose woman has the capability to fight with equal ferocity as any man.โ€