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Miscellaneous Letters and Notes Addressed to Miss Fatima Jinnah

Sub title : A Supporter, a Nyasaland Businessman, and a Reminder about an Appeal to Quaid‑i‑Azam

Subject: Fatima Jinnah | Buttson Fruit Syrup Mfg. Co. | Election donation | Interview request | Muslims overseas

Language: English

Page: 95 p.

Serial no: 29042

Keyword: Fatima Jinnah -- Buttson Fruit Syrup -- Shikarpur | Lala Kabir -- Election donation | Nyasaland -- Anjuman‑i‑Shamas‑ul‑Islam -- Lahore -- Quaid‑i‑Azam | Administrative correspondence -- Pakistan -- History

Abstract: A letterhead of Buttson Fruit Syrup Mfg. Co. (Shikarpur). A note from “Lal Kabir” claiming he donated Rs. 1,000 to her election and seeks an interview. A request from Ibrahim Osman (Secretary to a Nyasaland firm) on a business visit to Pakistan, seeking to pay respects on behalf of Muslims settled in Nyasaland. A letter from Shamsuddin (Secretary of Anjuman‑i‑Shamas‑ul‑Islam, Lahore) reminding about an appeal sent to Quaid‑i‑Azam on 2 February 1948 regarding Mian Mohammed Akram’s services, asking for a favourable reply.

Description: The second is a handwritten note from “Lal Kabir” (spelled “Lala Kabir”) reminding Miss Jinnah that he met her at a gathering in Rawalpindi, donated Rs. 1,000 to her election campaign, and got his name entered in her file through Sardar Shaukat Hayat; he seeks an audience to narrate a woeful story. The third is a typed letter from Ibrahim Osman, Secretary to a firm in Nyasaland (now Malawi), on a business visit to Pakistan, requesting an interview to pay respects on behalf of Muslims of Indo‑Pakistan origin settled in Nyasaland. The fourth is a letter from Shamsuddin, Secretary of Anjuman‑i‑Shamas‑ul‑Islam (Bhatigate, Lahore), referencing an appeal sent to Quaid‑i‑Azam on 2 February 1948 requesting appreciation for Mian Mohammed Akram’s services; no reply has been received, and he asks Miss Jinnah to expedite a favourable reply. The final page is simply an address line: “Mohtarima Miss Fatima Jinnah, Flag Staff House, 41, Boun’s Road, Karachi.” SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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