Iqbal
Iqbal 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:
- Eqbal a Persian reformist newspaper published in Iran until 2005
- Iqbal (film), a 2005 Indian film
- Ashcroft v. Iqbal, a 2008 United States Supreme Court case
Places
- Eqbal, Iran, a village in West Azerbaijan Province
- Eqbaliyeh, rural district in Iran
- Iqbal Manzil, 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
- 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
- Allama Iqbal International Airport, Lahore, Pakistan
Given name
- Muhammad Iqbal (1877–1938), poet, philosopher and intellectual
- Eqbal Mehdi (1946–2008), Pakistani painter
- Iqbal Abdulla (born 1989), Indian cricketer
- Iqbal Ahmed (born 1956), 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, 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), Bangladeshi restaurateur
Surname
- Aftab Iqbal, Pakistani journalist
- Amer Iqbal, Pakistani theoretical physicist
- Amjad Iqbal (born 1983), English footballer
- Ahsan Iqbal (born 1958), Pakistani politician
- 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 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
- 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
Fictional characters
- Iqbal bin Ibrahim Maurice Kandallah, a character in the animated series Bromwell High