Correspondence and Documents of Muhammad Ali Jinnah

Sub title : Political Strategy, Muslim League Affairs, and Personal Network During the Pre-Independence Era

Subject: Muhammad Ali Jinnah | All India Muslim League | Indian Politics | Muslim-Hindu Relations

Date of publication: 1936

Language: English

Page: 149 p.

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 28397

Keyword: Muhammad Ali Jinnah -- All India Muslim League -- Political Strategy -- Jawaharlal Nehru -- Frontier Province | Chinese Muslim Mission -- Shahid Gunj Case -- Claude Batley | Star of India -- Raja Mahmudabad -- Muslim League Government -- Bombay Provincial Conference

Abstract: This collection features letters and documents addressed to or involving Muhammad Ali Jinnah between 1936 and 1940. It includes political correspondence regarding Muslim League strategy, internal dissent, election matters, and responses to Congress activities. Also present are personal invitations, logistical arrangements, communications regarding a Chinese Muslim goodwill mission, and detailed letters concerning the construction of Jinnah’s house in Bombay. The papers reflect Jinnah’s central role in organizing Muslim political opinion and his extensive personal and diplomatic network during a critical period preceding Indian independence.

Description: This file contains a diverse array of correspondence from the late 1930s addressed to Muhammad Ali Jinnah. It includes a letter from Sir Syed Abdul Qayyum (likely "Lysa Abulnayy") refusing to serve on the Muslim League Central Parliamentary Board due to its conflicting composition. Other documents cover bank overdraft formalities, invitations to stay in Lahore, political updates from Allahabad and Lucknow, discussions about Congress activities and Gandhi's visit to the Frontier Province, and arrangements for a Chinese Muslim Goodwill Mission touring India. Notably, there is detailed correspondence with architect Claude Batley regarding the construction of Jinnah's Bombay house. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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