Letter from Dr. Miss M. Patrao to Miss Fatima Jinnah

Sub title : Introduction by a dental surgeon and historian poetess, with a request to publish a sonnet in local papers

Subject: Fatima Jinnah | M. Patrao | Quaid-e-Azam | Sonnet | Pakistani Poets

Date of publication: 1964

Language: English

Page: 2 p.

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 29416

Keyword: Dr. Miss M. Patrao -- Fatima Jinnah -- Introduction -- Dental Surgeon -- Historian -- Poetess -- Correspondence | Dr. Miss M. Patrao -- Fatima Jinnah -- Request -- Publication -- Sonnet -- Local Newspapers -- Correspondence | Dr. Miss M. Patrao -- Fatima Jinnah -- Sonnet -- Local Newspapers -- Publication -- Correspondence | Correspondence -- Fatima Jinnah -- Dr. Miss M. Patrao

Abstract: Dr. Miss M. Patrao, a dental surgeon from India specializing in dental plastic surgery in the U.K., writes to Miss Fatima Jinnah on March 28, 1964. She introduces herself as an historian poetess working on writing the history of various nations in English verse and encloses a sonnet composed on Miss Jinnah, requesting her to send it to the press for publication in local papers. She also mentions composing a sonnet on the late Mr. Mohammed Ali Jinnah, which she has printed below his enlarged photo and plans to hand over to Miss Jinnah on her way to Pakistan. Additionally, she requests the names and addresses of two poets from Pakistan who can correspond in English.

Description: This file contains two pages of a letter from Dr. Miss M. Patrao, dated March 28, 1964, addressed to Miss Fatima Jinnah, sister of the late Mohammed Ali Jinnah. Patrao introduces herself as a dental surgeon from India, currently in the U.K. to specialize in dental plastic surgery, and as an historian poetess writing the history of nations in English verse. She encloses a sonnet composed on Miss Jinnah for publication in local papers and mentions a sonnet on Quaid-e-Azam printed with his enlarged photo, which she intends to hand over in Pakistan. She also recalls her time working in Hyderabad Deccan and requests the names and addresses of two Pakistani poets who can correspond in English. The letter is signed "M. Patrao" with her address at 32, Philimore Gardens, High Street, Kensington, London. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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