July 4, 1958, and was laid to rest at the Kashmirian Graveyard of Sialkot.
Interestingly, different historians have listed different dates of Iqbal’s first marriage with Karim Bibi. Some say the marital knot was tied on May 4, 1893, others claim the year of marriage of 1892.
Research further shows that Karim Bibi had one elder brother and four younger sisters, one of whom was the mother of celebrated music genius Khawaja Khursheed Anwar.
In her afore-mentioned book, Begum Rasheeda Aftab Iqbal has also given details of the last resting places of many of Allama Iqbal’s family members.
Her husband Aftab Iqbal, Allama Iqbal’s first son (1899-August 13, 1979), was laid to rest at the Sakhi Hassan Graveyard of Karachi.
Waqar Iqbal (son of Aftab Iqbal) had died on December 22, 1988 and was also buried at the Sakhi Hassan Graveyard of Karachi.
According to her, Noor Muhammad (father of Allama Iqbal) died on Aug 17, 1930 and was laid to rest at Imam Sahib Graveyard, Sialkot.
Imam Bibi, the mother of Allama Iqbal, had died on November 9, 1914 (Iqbal’s 37th birthday) and was buried at Imam Sahib Graveyard, Sialkot.
Shaikh Muhammad Rafiq (the grandfather of Allama Iqbal) was buried at Ropar graveyard of India, Taleb Bibi (one of Allama Iqbal’s sisters) had died on July 31, 1902 and was laid to rest at Kashmirian Graveyard of Sialkot.
Shaikh Ata Muhammad, elder brother of Allama Iqbal, had died on December 22, 1940. He was buried at Kashmirian Graveyard, Sialkot. Shabnam (Allama Iqbal’s granddaughter) had died on September 5, 1945. She was buried at Meraj Din graveyard of Sialkot.
Similarly, Akbari Begum (Iqbal’s niece) had died in 1948. She was buried at a Quetta graveyard.
Shaikh Imtiaz Ahmad, one of Iqbal’s nephews, had died on December 30, 1946, and was buried in Bahrain.
Shaikh Noor Ahmad (one of Iqbal’s nephews) had died in 1949. He was buried at Kashmirian Graveyard, Sialkot.
Shaikh Zahoor Ahmad (another of Iqbal’s nephews) had died on August 22, 1954, and was buried at the Kashmirian Graveyard, Sialkot.
Shaikh Khurshid Ahmad (Iqbal’s nephew) had died on August 25, 1954. He is buried at Kashmirian graveyard, Sialkot.
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