Miscellaneous Letters and Requests Addressed to Miss Fatima Jinnah

Sub title : Appeals for Store Naming, Souvenir Messages, Interviews, Condolences, and Literary Advice

Subject: Fatima Jinnah | Ladies’ store | Pakistan Club Rangoon | Burma independence | Insurance

Date of publication: 1948

Language: English

Page: 155 p.

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 29037

Keyword: Fatima Jinnah -- Ladies’ store | Pakistan Club Rangoon -- Dream -- Allama Iqbal | Dame Katherine Watt -- Saghar magazine -- Pharmaceutical industry -- Islamic womanhood | Administrative correspondence -- Pakistan

Abstract: A collection of eleven letters (1940–1949) addressed to Miss Fatima Jinnah. Includes a request to name a ladies’ store after her, a plea for a message to Burmese women for a souvenir, an insurance agent seeking an interview, a man claiming a dream message from Quaid‑i‑Azam, a letter to Mr. Gordon Walker, a reply to Mr. Javeed (son of Allama Iqbal) declining a wedding invitation, arrangements to meet British nursing leader Dame Katherine Watt, a request for a message for the magazine “Saghar”, an offer from a pharmaceutical company seeking her help, and an author submitting a manuscript on Islamic womanhood for her advice.

Description: The earliest letter (1943) from F.J. Beam asks permission to open a general store named “FATIMA JINNAH STORES” for ladies in Jacob Lines. In 1947, the Pakistan Club, Rangoon, requests a message for Burmese women. An insurance agent seeks a brief interview (December 1947). A man from Lahore (11 December 1948) claims to have seen Quaid‑i‑Azam in a dream with a message for the Governor‑General. Miss Jinnah writes to Mr. Gordon Walker (14 March 1949) apologising for missing a meeting. She declines a wedding invitation from Mr. Javeed (Allama Iqbal’s son), recalling fond memories of visiting Iqbal with her brother. The British Council’s representative arranges a meeting with Dame Katherine Watt (October 1948); Miss Jinnah agrees to see her on 30 October at 6 p.m. The editor of “Saghar” magazine requests a message. A pharmaceutical company managing director seeks an interview for help in establishing industry. Finally, Syed Irtiza Hussain submits a manuscript on womanhood based on Islamic ideology, seeking her opinion. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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