Condolence Messages Addressed to Miss Fatima Jinnah on the Death of Quaid-e-Azam

Sub title : Letters from Community Organizations and Religious Groups Across Pakistan and Abroad

Subject: M.A. Jinnah | Fatima Jinnah | Condolence Messages | Death | Anjuman-i-Musalmanane Rampur State

Date of publication: 1948

Language: English

Page: 67 p.

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 28579

Keyword: Jinnah -- Fatima Jinnah -- Condolence -- Quaid-e-Azam -- Death -- 1948 | Resolutions -- All Pakistan Christian League -- Khairpur Scouts -- Agatha Harrison | Stenographers' Association -- Kenya -- Umtali -- Wajir -- Toc H | International Condolences -- East Africa -- Muslim Communities Abroad

Abstract: This collection comprises condolence messages from diverse sources addressed to Miss Fatima Jinnah following the death of Quaid-e-Azam M.A. Jinnah on September 11, 1948. The documents include resolutions from community organizations in Karachi and Hamoke, messages from the All Pakistan Christian League and Khairpur State Scouts, personal letters from international figures including Agatha Harrison, telegrams from Muslim communities in Kenya and Southern Rhodesia, and resolutions from government employees' associations expressing profound grief.

Description: These documents reveal the extraordinary breadth of mourning for Jinnah, extending from local community organizations in Pakistan to Muslim communities in East Africa and international figures in London. The collection includes a touching personal letter from Agatha Harrison, messages from Christian organizations demonstrating interfaith respect for the Quaid, and telegrams from Kenyan Muslims expressing their sense of loss. Together, these messages illustrate how Jinnah's death was mourned not only as a national tragedy for Pakistan but as a profound loss for Muslims worldwide and for all who recognized his statesmanship and leadership. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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