Kashmir Relief Fund Records: Donations, Bank Transactions, and Inventory Lists

Sub title : Letters from Miss Fatima Jinnah regarding cheques for the Kashmir Relief Fund

Subject: Kashmir Relief Fund | Miss Fatima Jinnah | Donations | Qurbani skins | Blankets | Bank transactions

Date of publication: 1947

Language: English

Page: 264 p.

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 28883

Keyword: Kashmir Relief Fund -- Miss Fatima Jinnah -- Donations -- Qurbani skins -- Blankets | Refugee relief -- Bank draft -- Muslim Commercial Bank -- State Bank of Pakistan -- Inventory list.

Abstract: This file contains financial and administrative documents related to the Kashmir Relief Fund managed by Miss Fatima Jinnah in 1947–48. An inventory lists articles taken over from Inayatulla Durzi on 15 October 1947, including a sewing machine, irons, tables, cupboard, stool, chair, ice box, lamp stands, curtains, cotton reels, thread, bobbins, screwdrivers, nails, topi covers, piping cord, cotton wool, registers, and charcoal. A letter (8 November 1948) from Miss Fatima Jinnah to Syed Yakub Shah encloses signed cheques for the Kashmir Relief Fund for refugees. A detailed account (17 November 1948) lists donations received: Rs. 4,000 via bank draft from Hong Kong, Rs. 8,000 deposited from the Nawab of Mekran, and itemised contributions from individuals and organisations for Qurbani skins (totalling Rs. 4,693/5/6) and blankets (Rs. 54).

Description: This file contains financial and administrative records of the Kashmir Relief Fund managed by Miss Fatima Jinnah in 1947–48. The documents include an inventory of household and sewing items taken over from a previous occupant. Correspondence shows Miss Jinnah sending signed cheques for refugee relief. A detailed account lists donations from Hong Kong, the Nawab of Mekran, and numerous local contributors for Qurbani skins and blankets, with two cheques enclosed to settle the account. Bank letters from Muslim Commercial Bank and State Bank of Pakistan record debits, an unpaid cheque, and a credit of over Rs. 5,800 to the Kashmir Fund. A thank-you letter acknowledges a Rs. 1,500 donation. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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