Miscellaneous Bills, Receipts, and Telegram Records from Miss Fatima Jinnah’s Files

Sub title : Invoices for Silverware, Electricity, Cement, Sarees, Baby Mugs, and Postal Telegram Accounts

Subject: Fatima Jinnah | Household expenses | Silverware | Electric supplies | Postal telegrams

Date of publication: 1955

Language: English

Page: 189 p.

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 28990

Keyword: Fatima Jinnah -- Receipts -- Silverware -- Karachi Electric Stores | Kashmir Silver Works -- Hilal Silk Palace | Novelty Emporium -- Cement -- Telegram | Fatima Jinnah -- Associated documents

Abstract: A set of fourteen miscellaneous documents from Miss Fatima Jinnah’s personal files spanning 1955 to 1967. Includes a telegram form (1958), a telegraph deposit account statement (1955), invoices for silver coffee set and finger nail set, a receipt for Rs. 4,520 from Karachi Electric Stores, a cement purchase memo, a saree bill, a request for payment of two baby mugs (Rs. 74), and other retail receipts. Several documents are directly addressed to Miss Jinnah, reflecting routine household and personal purchases.

Description: The oldest document (1955) is an account of telegrams accepted on a deposit account, likely for Miss Jinnah’s use. A 1958 telegram form (Pakistan Post & Telegraph) is addressed to “MUQIT” in Chittagong. Kashmir Silver Works produced two documents: a 1966 bill for a coffee set (Rs. 350) and finger nail set (Rs. 650), and a 1961 receipt for Rs. 1,000. A substantial payment of Rs. 4,520 to the Karachi Electric Stores (1961) indicates electrical purchases. Other retail notes include Dalmia cement (Rs. 12/13, 1961), two sarees (Rs. 158, 1961), and a reminder from Novelty Emporium (March 1962) for two baby mugs (Rs. 74). A Quetta Cut Piece House memo (undated) and an Urdu document (1967) complete the collection. These items illustrate Miss Jinnah’s daily expenditures and vendor relationships in Karachi. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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