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sir thomas arnold 9 june 1930 muhammad iqbal devonport , devon 19 april 1864 thomasarnoldorientalist.jpg thomas walker arnold
 thomas walker arnold
thomas walker arnold

sir thomas walker arnold -lrb- 1864 -- 1930 -rrb- was an eminent british orientalist and historian of islamic art who taught at mao college , aligarh muslim university , then aligarh college , and government college university , lahore .
he was a friend of sir syed ahmed khan , and wrote his famous book `` the preaching of islam '' at the insistence of sir syed .
he was also the teacher of famous poet-philosopher muhammad iqbal , syed sulaiman nadvi and a very close friend of shibli nomani who was also a teacher at aligarh .
