Iqbal

Iqbal (Urdu: اقبال ‎) or Eqbal (Persian: اقبال‎‎) is the Persian word for "luck". It is a common Middle Eastern, Central Asian, and South Asian name.

Iqbal or Eqbal may refer to:

Geography

Iran

• Eqbal, Iran, a village in West Azerbaijan Province
• Eqbaliyeh, rural district in Iran
• Eqbal-e Gharbi Rural District, western provincial district in Qazvin, Iran
• Eqbal-e Sharqi Rural District, eastern provincial district in Qazvin, Iran
• Eqbaliyeh Shomareh-ye Yek, district in Isfahan, Iran

Pakistan

Various places named after the national poet Muhammad Iqbal:

• Iqbal Manzil, mansion, birthplace of Dr. Muhammad Iqbal in the historic city of Sialkot
• Iqbal Park, park in Lahore, Pakistan
• Iqbal Stadium, cricket ground in Faisalabad, Pakistan
• Iqbal Town, Lahore, commercial and residential locality in south-western Lahore
• Allama Iqbal International Airport, Lahore, Pakistan

Media

• Eqbal a Persian-language reformist newspaper published in Iran until 2005
• Iqbal (film), a 2005 Indian film

People

Given name

• Eqbal Mehdi (1946–2008), Pakistani carpainter
• Iqbal Abdulla (born 1989), Indian cricketer
• Iqbal Ahmed (born 1956), British-Bangladeshi entrepreneur
• Iqbal Z. Ahmed (born 1946), Pakistani businessman
• Muhammad Iqbal Bahoo (1944–2012), Pakistani Sufi singer
• Iqbal Bano (1935–2009), Pakistani singer
• Iqbal Kazmi, Pakistani human rights activist
• Iqbal Masih (1983–1995), Pakistani child activist
• Iqbal Mohamed, Indian photographer
• Iqbal Masood Nadvi, Indian-Canadian religious scholar
• Iqbal Qasim (born 1953), Pakistani cricketer
• Iqbal Siddiqui (born 1974), Indian cricketer
• Iqbal Singh (academic), Indian-American academic
• Iqbal Singh (politician) (born 1945), Indian politician
• Iqbal Theba (born 1963), Pakistani-American television actor
• Iqbal Wahhab (born 1963), British-Bangladeshi restaurateur

Surname

• Aftab Iqbal, Pakistani journalist
• Amer Iqbal, Pakistani theoretical physicist
• Amjad Iqbal (born 1983), English footballer
• Ahsan Iqbal (born 1958), Pakistani politician
• Asif Iqbal (disambiguation), multiple people
• Dariush Eghbali, Iranian Singer
• Faisal Iqbal (born 1981), Pakistani cricketer
• Javed Iqbal (disambiguation), multiple people
• Imraz Iqbal, Fijian businessman
• Mohsin Iqbal (born 1983), Indian cricketer
• Moneeb Iqbal (born 1986), Scottish cricketer
• Muhammad Iqbal (Allama Iqbal, 1877–1938), Indian poet, philosopher and intellectual
• Muhammad Saad Iqbal, Pakistani terror suspect
• Muhammed Zafar Iqbal (born 1952), Bangladeshi scientist, professor and author
• Muzaffar Iqbal (born 1954), Pakistani-Canadian chemist
• Nazia Iqbal, Pashto singer
• Razia Iqbal (born 1962), British journalist and presenter
• Rao Sikandar Iqbal (1943–2010), former Defence Minister of Pakistan
• Shahid Iqbal (born 1953), Pakistani Navy admiral
• Tamim Iqbal (born 1989), Bangladeshi cricketer
• Waleed Iqbal, Pakistani lawyer
• Zafar Iqbal (disambiguation), multiple people

Portmanteau

• Ashcroft v. Iqbal, a 2008 United States Supreme Court case and the related portmanteau Twiqbal