Administrative, Personal, and Political Correspondence

Sub title : Appeals on Waqf Stamp Duty, Police Recruitment Rejections and Judicial Testimonials

Subject: Administrative Appeals | Waqf Law | Stamp Duty | Police Recruitment | Land Acquisition | Excise Department

Date of publication: 1939

Language: English

Page: 126 p.

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 28353

Keyword: K.B. Bourquin -- Waqf -- Stamp Duty -- Ghulam Mahomed Usman -- Police Recruitment -- Ankleshwar -- Broach | Agricultural College Hadgood -- M.A. Jinnah | Excise Inspector -- Nasik -- Appeal -- Syed Ahmad Rafique -- Judicial Testimonial -- Allahabad High Court -- Haji Syed Meer --

Abstract: This diverse collection spans from 1922 to 1945 and comprises various types of correspondence. It includes an appeal from K.B. Bourquin to Muslim ministers regarding stamp duty on Waqf-ul-ulad trusts (undated, likely 1930s). Several letters from 1939 document the unsuccessful attempts of Ghulam Mahomed Malek/Usman to be re-enlisted in the Bombay Police due to being overage. Another 1939 letter requests M.A. Jinnah's intervention in a land acquisition matter for an Agricultural College

Description: This collection offers a window into the granular workings of administration, personal grievance, and political undercurrents in late colonial India. It juxtaposes mundane bureaucratic rejections (police recruitment) with serious patronage requests (land, job reinstatement) directed at figures like Jinnah. The judicial testimonials and obituary highlight professional and social standing within the elite. The most striking document is the confidential 1941 report from Sind, which provides a raw, insider's account of lawlessness, political murder, and the sinister activities surrounding Pir Pagaro, revealing the tense and violent subterranean politics in the province on the eve of WWII. Together, these documents illustrate the multi-layered nature of governance, community, and conflict during the period. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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