Correspondence of Malik Barkat Ali with M.A. Jinnah

Sub title : Political Strategy and Muslim League Affairs in Punjab (1936-1942)

Subject: Punjab Politics (British India) | Political Correspondence

Date of publication: 1936

Language: English

Page: 91 p.

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 27532

Keyword: M.A. Jinnah — Malik Barkat Ali — All India Muslim League | Pakistan Resolution — Lahore Resolution— Punjab Legislative Assembly — Election — Sir Sikander Hayat Khan — Ahrars | Maulvi Zaffar Ali Khan — The New Times Lahore — Censorship | Political Strategy | British India — 1930s — 1940s

Abstract: This collection comprises letters and a telegram primarily from Malik Barkat Ali, a Lahore-based advocate and Muslim League leader, to Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the leader of the All India Muslim League. The correspondence details the political machinations, challenges, and strategies of the Muslim League in Punjab during a critical period. Key themes include electoral politics, party formation, internal factionalism with groups like the Ahrars, financial struggles of the League's newspaper "The New Times," and the ideological enforcement of the Pakistan demand, including direct censorship by the Unionist-led Punjab government.

Description: This is a series of eleven digitized pages featuring original letters and one telegram exchanged between Malik Barkat Ali and Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah. The documents are typed on official letterhead from Barkat Ali's law office in Lahore, with some containing handwritten annotations and signatures. The content offers invaluable insights into the day-to-day political organization, internal conflicts, and the propagation of the Muslim League's agenda in Punjab leading up to the Pakistan movement. It highlights the practical difficulties faced by League workers, including government suppression of their core ideological demand for Pakistan, and showcases the central role of Jinnah as the final arbiter of strategy and authority. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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