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M.A. Jinnah: Transition to Governance & Personal Administration

Sub title : Karachi Correspondence, Relief Funds, and Financial Transactions

Date of publication: 1947

Language: English

Page: 198 p.

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 28071

Keyword: M.A. Jinnah -- 1947 -- Old Government House Karachi -- Bihar Riots Relief Fund -- Habib Bank Delhi -- Imperial Bank of India Bombay | Financial draft -- Lahore Cantonment bungalow No. 53 -- property requisition -- Anjuman-e-Inqilab-e-Adab -- refugee relief -- administrative correspondence.

Abstract: A collection of documents from the pivotal year of 1947, following Muhammad Ali Jinnah's move to Karachi as the Governor-General-designate of Pakistan. The papers center on his new administrative life at Old Government House, featuring the management of the "Quaid-e-Azam Bihar Relief Fund" for riot victims, including donations and the receipt of relief supplies (woollen clothes). Extensive correspondence with Imperial Bank of India and Habib Bank details significant financial transfers, account management, and a request for a competent accountant. The set also includes official notices from the British Army regarding the requisition of his bungalow in Lahore Cantonment, and a follow-up from a Kashmiri silversmith regarding an outstanding balance. These documents capture the immediate practical and humanitarian concerns Jinnah faced during the transition to power and the aftermath of Partition violence.

Description: This group of documents from 1947 offers a crucial window into Muhammad Ali Jinnah's immediate pre- and post-Partition responsibilities, shifting focus from purely political struggle to early governance and crisis management. The correspondence, largely originating from Old Government House in Karachi, reveals his direct involvement in humanitarian efforts through the Bihar Relief Fund, illustrating his role as a focal point for Muslim aid. The detailed banking letters show the management of his substantial personal finances amid this transition, including instructions for large deposits and concerns over overdrafts. The official military correspondence concerning his requisitioned property in Lahore highlights the ongoing complexities of the period and the limits of his authority in certain jurisdictions. Together, these records depict Jinnah in the demanding dual role of a nascent head of state and an administrator managing both a national crisis and his own affairs during one of history's most turbulent years. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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