Condolence Telegrams on the Death of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah

Sub title : Messages addressed to Miss Fatima Jinnah from national and international communities

Subject: Death of Muhammad Ali Jinnah | Condolences to Fatima Jinnah | Expressions of grief from Pakistani and overseas Muslim communities

Date of publication: 1948

Language: English

Page: 100 p.

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 28455

Keyword: Muhammad Ali Jinnah -- Fatima Jinnah -- Condolence telegrams -- September 1948 -- Quaid-e-Azam -- Pakistan -- Muslim communities | Overseas Pakistanis -- Lahore -- Aligarh University -- Singapore -- Hong Kong -- London -- Croydon -- Penang -- Ceylon -- Lasbela -- Governor-General

Abstract: A collection of condolence telegrams and messages sent to Miss Fatima Jinnah following the death of her brother, Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, in September 1948. The telegrams originate from a wide range of senders including local Pakistani associations (Lahore Hawkers, Bar Association), rulers (Jamshaheb of Lasbela), overseas Pakistani leagues (Singapore, Hong Kong, London), student groups (International Language Club, Croydon), academic institutions (Aligarh Muslim University), and mosque committees in Ceylon.

Description: A series of condolence telegrams and messages addressed to Miss Fatima Jinnah expressing sorrow over the death of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah. The senders include the Lahore Hawkers Association, the Bar Association of an unspecified location, Jamshaheb Ruler of Lasbela, the Overseas Pakistan League in Singapore, the Pakistan Muslim Society in Hong Kong, individuals and organizations in London and Croydon (including Abida Sultan, Mariam Osmani, and the International Language Club), the Aligarh Muslim University, Pakistanis in Penang, and the Muslim Mosque Management Committee in Dikoya, Ceylon. The documents are primarily telegraph forms from the Indian Posts and Telegraphs Department (later used in Pakistan), bearing dates, routing codes, and stamps from September 1948. Many messages refer to Jinnah as the "father of the nation," "architect of Pakistan," and express the collective shock and irreparable loss felt across the Muslim world. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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