Sir Syed Ahmed Khan and Allama Iqbal are great leaders of Indian Muslims. They were the pioneers of the freedom movement of sub-continent. Both visited abroad and their Intellectual thinking was similar. They believed in "Two Nations Theory" and were convinced that the solution of Indian Muslim's problems was in a separate country consisting of Muslim majority provinces and states of India, where they will be free to practice Islam and to achieve this destiny they encouraged Muslims of India to embrace modern education in addition to the Islamic Education. In 1903 Iqbal wrote the poem "Syed ki Lohe Turbat" which reveals his relations with Sir Syed. Since his early days Iqbal was influenced by Sir Syed Ahmed's movement and later, he participated and completed Sir Syed's mission by his tireless efforts.

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