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Telegrams and Correspondence to Miss Fatima Jinnah

Sub title : Appeals on Women’s Inheritance Rights, Condolence Invitations and East Pakistan Visit Arrangements

Date of publication: 1958

Language: English

Page: 17 p.

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 29057

Keyword: Fatima Jinnah -- Women’s inheritance -- Land reform | Shia community -- Imambarah -- Condolence -- Matriculation -- East Pakistan visit | Fatima Jinnah -- Correspondence | Telegrams -- Pakistan -- History | Women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Pakistan -- Inheritance rights | Administrative correspondence -- Pakistan

Abstract: A collection of telegrams and a note from the late 1950s to mid‑1960s addressed to Miss Fatima Jinnah. Topics include a telegram from Hyderabad (Sind) urging her help for women’s right to inherit ancestral agricultural land under Islamic law, ignored by the land reform scheme; an invitation to attend a condolence meeting for industrialist Seth Haji Abdullateef Bawany or send a message; congratulations on “centpercent matriculation results” from Bad Kissingen, Germany; a complaint from Jessore about a Shia imambarah being handed to a non‑Muslim and closed, asking for immediate interference; a telegram from the President of Idara‑i‑Tahaffuz‑i‑Huqooq‑i‑Shian (Pakistan) requesting inclusion of a Shia in the Central Cabinet; and two telegrams (one addressed to East Pakistan leaders and one to Afzal Bangash) concerning arrangements for Miss Jinnah’s 10‑day stay in East Pakistan and a public meeting in Peshawar.

Description: A 1961 telegram informs of the death of Seth Haji Abdullateef Bawany (Memon community leader, industrialist, philanthropist) and invites her to a public condolence meeting on 3 September or at least to send a message. A telegram from Bad Kissingen (Germany, 9 August 1961) congratulates her on “centpercent matriculation results”. A telegram from Jessore complains that the charge of Mohsin Imambarah was handed to a non‑Muslim caretaker, the imambarah is closed, and Shia feelings are injured, requesting immediate interference. A long telegram from Lahore – addressed to the Governor‑General, Prime Minister, and Miss Jinnah – requests the inclusion of a Shia in the Central Cabinet, noting that Shias are the second largest community in Pakistan and have been loyal.Contains two telegrams: one to East Pakistan leaders (including Shaikh Mujibur Rahman) asking them to coordinate Miss Jinnah’s 10‑day stay in East Pakistan, and another to Afzal Bangash in Peshawar stating that a public meeting in Mardan is not possible, only in Peshawar. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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