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Abstract

The “Aqeel Collection” at Kyoto University, one of the largest collections of Urdu books and magazines regarding South Asian studies in the world, was founded by the prominent scholar Dr. Moinuddin Aqeel (Mu‘īn al-Dīn ‘Aqīl). This collection consists of books of various fields such as Urdu literature, history, and social science. Since Dr. ‘Aqeel’s interest was focused on the Muslims’ political and social movements in South Asia, this collection has plenty of books in this field. That is why this collection has more than 1, 100 books on the works of Muhammad Iqbal (Muḥammad Iqbāl, 1877–1938), who is regarded a “Poet of the East (Shā‘ir-e Mashriq)” and the spiritual founder of Pakistan, as Iqbal expressed the idea of the autonomous control of Muslims in South Asia in 1940. In Pakistan, Iqbal studies is called “Iqbāliyāt” and several institutions of Iqbal studies have been publishing books and magazines and in universities there is a course curriculum of “Iqbāliyāt”, so many books on Iqbal have been published in Pakistan. Among those innumerable books, the Aqeel Collection has some rare and high quality books on Iqbal. This annotation focuses on such books as basic or rare books on Iqbal Studies, for example the list of books and papers on Iqbal, “Encyclopedia of Iqbāliyāt, ” essential books on Iqbal’s life and works, or books written by some important figures such as Javed Iqbal, Iqbal’s son or ‘Alī Shari‘atī. This annotation also introduces some books on Iqbaliyat which were recently published and showed some new dimensions on Iqbal Studies.