Department of Arabic In Allama Iqbal Campus
The Department was established in 1870. It is worth mentioning that this department is the oldest department of Pakistan. The teaching of M.A. Arabic classes was started in 1888. The founder Chairman was Maulana Faiz-ul-Hasan Saharanpuri. This Department has the honor that the national poet, philosopher Dr. Allama Muhammad Iqbal was attached to it as McLeod Arabic Reader. Besides indigenous students, several scholars from many Arab and Muslim countries have obtained their M.A. and Ph.D. degrees under the guidance of the teachers in this Department.