Correspondence of M.A. Jinnah on Political, Administrative, and Diplomatic Matters

Sub title : With Officials, Diplomats, and League Leaders on Labour Laws, Appointments, and Partition

Subject: All-India Muslim League | Indian Politics | Government Administration | Labour Legislation

Date of publication: 1937

Language: English

Page: 208 p.

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 27714

Keyword: M.A. Jinnah -- Feroz Khan Noon -- Labour Laws -- Factories Act -- Muslim Employment | Partition -- Punjab Boundary -- Sutlej River | Plebiscite -- Nawab of Mamdot -- Portuguese East Africa -- Indian Legislative Assembly

Abstract: A diverse collection of letters, telegrams, and official documents associated with M.A. Jinnah. The documents cover a wide range of his activities, from arranging a diplomatic welcome for Lord Samuel in 1937 to reviewing labour legislation like the Factories Amendment Bill (1941). It includes correspondence with officials like Sir Feroz Khan Noon on securing employment quotas for Muslims and the plight of Indians in Portuguese East Africa. The most critical documents from 1947 deal with the internal leadership struggle in the Punjab Muslim League Assembly Party between Mamdot and Feroz Khan Noon, and a detailed strategic memorandum on the territorial boundaries of Punjab, plebiscites, and vital infrastructure like the Sutlej River Basin during the Partition negotiations.

Description: This collection provides a multifaceted view of M.A. Jinnah's role beyond his well-known position as the sole spokesman for Indian Muslims. It reveals his involvement in the granular details of governance, such as scrutinizing legislative bills, his diplomatic outreach, and his intervention in administrative matters to safeguard minority rights. The later documents are of paramount historical importance, offering a rare glimpse into the intense political maneuvering and the complex, strategic considerations of territory and security that defined the final, tumultuous months before the creation of Pakistan. The collection underscores the immense burden of leadership, showing Jinnah managing everything from high-stakes interstate negotiations to internal party discipline. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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