The Expanding Sphere of M.A. Jinnah: International, Political, and Public Correspondence (1937)

Sub title : Banking, League Consolidation, Media Relations, and Public Adulation

Subject: M.A. Jinnah | Muslim League | International Finance | Indian Politics

Date of publication: 1937

Language: English

Page: 318 p.

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 27339

Keyword: M.A. Jinnah | Muslim League | International Banking — Lloyds Bank — Political Strategy | Public Support — Media — By-election | Jhansi — 1937 Politics | Muslim Association of the British Empire

Abstract: This eclectic collection from 1937 illustrates the vast and varied demands on M.A. Jinnah's attention. It includes formal correspondence with the Lloyds & National Provincial Foreign Bank in Paris, indicating international financial dealings. The political core revolves around the Muslim League's activities: a letter from "The Muslim Association of the British Empire" seeking alignment, internal party concerns about membership and invitations, strategic discussions with other leaders (like the referenced "Rajendra Babu"), and management of party-affiliated media. The collection also features telegrams regarding League sessions and vivid examples of public support, such as a fervent letter of admiration from the "Basirhat Young Moslems' Association" celebrating a by-election victory, which uses highly poetic and devotional language towards Jinnah.

Description: This dossier presents a microcosm of M.A. Jinnah's world in 1937, a year of significant political consolidation. It captures him not just as a national political leader navigating party dynamics and media relations, but also as a figure with international financial connections and a recipient of near-heroic worship from the Muslim public. The documents range from the purely administrative and financial to the intensely political and emotionally charged, revealing the multiple layers of his leadership. The inclusion of incomplete banking forms and a page in Urdu/Persian script further adds to the sense of a complex, multifaceted life, where high finance, granular party politics, and populist appeal all intersected. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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