Personal Letter Describing a Dream Addressed to Quaid-e-Azam

Sub title : A personal and symbolic dream narrative sent to Muhammad Ali Jinnah regarding future governance

Subject: Muhammad Ali Jinnah | Personal correspondence | Dreams and political symbolism | All-India Muslim League

Date of publication: 1943

Language: English

Page: 2 p.

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 28384

Keyword: Muhammad Ali Jinnah -- Personal letters -- Dreams in political thought -- Muslim League -- Future government -- 1943 correspondence | Pre-Partition India -- Symbolic narrative

Abstract: This personal letter, marked “Purely personal,” is addressed to Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah and recounts a vivid dream experienced by the author concerning the future governance of India. The writer narrates a symbolic scene involving a legislative assembly revision, the Viceroy of India, and Jinnah being consulted as Prime Minister-designate. The letter reflects the author’s deep admiration for Jinnah, belief in dreams as meaningful signs, and hope that the dream foreshadows a positive political future. The correspondence concludes with New Year greetings and sincere well-wishes.

Description: A two-page handwritten letter dated January 1943, written from Allahnagar, Dorasmail Khan, N.W.F.P. (North-West Frontier Province). The letter bears a handwritten heading “Purely personal” and is signed by Major Nawab Ali Ahmad Nawaz Khan, associated with the M.A.I.A. Central. The document provides rare insight into personal devotion, symbolic imagination, and political expectations surrounding Muhammad Ali Jinnah during the Pakistan Movement era. The letter is an important primary source reflecting individual perceptions of leadership and destiny during late colonial India. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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