Correspondence and Telegrams between M.A. Jinnah and Nawab Mohammad Ismail Khan

Sub title : Muslim League Candidacy, Internal Affairs, and the Civil Defence Committee

Subject: All India Muslim League | Candidate Selection | Party Administration | Working Committee

Date of publication: 1939

Language: English

Page: 29 p.

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 27653

Keyword: M.A. Jinnah -- Nawab Mohammad Ismail Khan -- Muslim League Ticket -- Liaquat Ali Khan | Civil Defence Committee -- Working Committee -- Meerut | World War II -- Party Administration

Abstract: A collection of letters and telegrams exchanged between M.A. Jinnah and Nawab Mohammad Ismail Khan, a prominent Muslim League leader from Meerut. The correspondence covers a range of issues, including a 1939 invitation to Jinnah, the crucial allocation of the Muslim League ticket for the Rohilkhand & Kumaon constituency to Nawabzada Liaquat Ali Khan (as confirmed by a decisive telegram from Jinnah), internal party communications regarding Working Committee meetings, and the operations of the All India Muslim League's Civil Defence Committee during World War II, of which Nawab Ismail Khan was the Chairman. The documents highlight Jinnah's central role in candidate selection, party discipline, and overseeing national initiatives during the war.

Description: This collection provides insight into the organizational workings of the All India Muslim League at both the regional and national levels. The telegram from Jinnah confirming Liaquat Ali Khan's candidacy is a significant record of a key political decision. The correspondence regarding the Civil Defence Committee illustrates the League's engagement with India's war effort and its attempts to organize and represent Muslim interests in that context. Nawab Ismail Khan's role as a committee chairman and his constant communication with Jinnah underscore the latter's overarching leadership and the structured, yet consultative, nature of the League's operations. The collection also includes several pages in non-English script, which may contain further contextual details. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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