Jinnah family

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Jinnah
Family
Parent family Khoja
Country
Place of origin
Foundedc.1857; 168 years ago [a]
Founder Jinnahbhai Poonja
Current headnone
Final head Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Historic seat
Titles
Style(s)
List
  • For Muhammad Ali Jinnah:
  • Baba-e-Qaum (Father of the Nation)
  • Quaid-e-Azam (The Great Leader)
  • For Fatima Jinnah:
  • Madar-e-Millat (Mother of the Nation)
  • Khatun-e-Pakistan (Lady of Pakistan)
Members
Connected families
Traditions Nizari Isma'ili Islam
Sunni Islam [b]
HeirloomsDisplayed at Quaid-e-Azam House
Estate(s)
Properties

The Jinnah family [c] was the family of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder and first governor-general of Pakistan. It played an important role in the Pakistan Movement.

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Members of Jinnah family, Muhammad Ali Jinnah (often referred to simply as Jinnah) and Fatima Jinnah, have been important figures in the history of Pakistan. Jinnah is considered as the founder of Pakistan and served as the first Governor General of Pakistan upon independence, while Fatima played an important role in the struggle for Pakistan Movement and was the founding mother of Pakistan. Several public places, universities, and hospitals in the world have been named after Jinnah and his sister Fatima, and the former's birth and death anniversary are among the public holidays in Pakistan. [4] [5]

Jinnah's family history is disputed among various sources. [6] Originally from a Khoja background, [7] [8] they moved to Karachi from Kathiawar, Bombay Province in 1875. [9] Jinnah's paternal grandfather was from Paneli Moti village in Gondal state in Kathiawar peninsula (now in Gujarat, India). [10] Jinnah was the eldest of seven children of Jinnahbhai Poonja, a merchant, and his wife, Mithibai. His family was a member of the Khoja caste, Hindus who had converted to Islam centuries earlier and who were followers of the Aga Khan. [7] Although born to a Khoja (from Khwaja or 'noble') family who were disciples of the Aga Khan, Jinnah moved towards the Sunni sect early in life. There is evidence later, given by his relatives and associates in court, to establish that he was firmly a Sunni Muslim by the end of his life. [2]

Members of the Jinnah family

Jinnah's family was from Khoja caste, who had converted to Islam from Hinduism and were followers of the Aga Khan.[]. [7]

First Generation

Second generation

  1. Muhammad Ali Jinnah
  2. Ahmed Ali Jinnah
  3. Bunde Ali Jinnah
  4. Rahmat Bai Jinnah
  5. Shireen Bai Jinnah
  6. Maryam Bai Jinnah
  7. Fatima Jinnah
  8. Bachu [16] [17]

Third generation

Fourth generation

She had a rift with her father when she expressed her desire to marry a Parsi from her mother's family, Neville Wadia. According to M C Chagla in "Roses in December", Jinnah, a Muslim, disowned his daughter after trying to dissuade her from marrying Neville. Dina Wadia was the only direct living link to Jinnah and the nation of Pakistan claiming her father as its own father of the nation is assumed to have some kind of kinship with her according to Akbar S. Ahmed. [21] His descendants through her are part of the Wadia family and reside in India as she married and stayed in India after the creation of Pakistan in 1947. Dina Wadia lived alone with staff in the New York City, United States. [22] Wadia died of pneumonia at her home in New York on 1 November 2017 at the age of 98. [23] [24] [25] [ unreliable source? ]

Estates

Private estates
Official residences

Family photos

Family tree

See also

Notes

  1. With the birth of Jinnahbhai Poonja
  2. Muhammad Ali Jinnah moved towards the Sunni denomination early in life. With evidence from his relatives, associates and other witnesses, it was established that he had fully converted to the Sunni denomination later in life. [2]
  3. Urdu: خاندان جناح; Gujarati: ઝીણા [3]

References

  1. https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/first/a/ahmed-jinnah.html?_r=2 [ bare URL ]
  2. 1 2 Ahmed 2005, p. 4: Although born into a Khoja (from khwaja or 'noble') family who were disciples of the Ismaili Aga Khan, Jinnah moved towards the Sunni sect early in life. There is evidence later, given by his relatives and associates in court, to establish that he was firmly a Sunni Muslim by the end of his life.
  3. Bawany, Yahya Hashim (1987). Rare speeches and documents of Quaid-e-Azam. Arif Mukati. pp. 39–40.
  4. The story of Pakistan
  5. 1 2 Guriro, Amar (30 June 2009). "Aslam Jinnah's claim of being Quaid's family disputed". Daily Times. Archived from the original on 16 April 2013. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
  6. Ahmed 2005, p. 3–4: Jinnah's family traced its descent from Iran and reflected Shia, Sunni and Ismaili influences; some of the family names -- Valji, Manbai and Nathoo -- were even 'akin to Hindu names'...Another source has a different explanation of Jinnah's origins. Mr Jinnah, according to a Pakistani author, said that his male ancestor was a Rajput from Sahiwal in the Punjab who had married into the Ismaili Khojas and settled in Kathiawar.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Mohammed Ali Jinnah". britannica.com. Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  8. Ahmed 2005, p. 4.
  9. Gujrats gifts to India and Pakistan
  10. Pirbhai, M. Reza (2017). Fatima Jinnah. Cambridge University Press. p. 25. ISBN   978-1-107-19276-8.
  11. 1 2 Panigrahi, D. N. (2004). India's Partition: The Story of Imperialism in Retreat. Routledge. p. 16.
  12. The truth about Aslam Jinnah, Dawn, Liaquat Merchant, (the grandson of Maryam Bai, one of Quaid-e-Azam's sisters), JUL 10, 2009
  13. "Closed fist worth millions". Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
  14. Ahmed 2005, p. 3.
  15. 1 2 Fact file: Jinnah's family
  16. 1 2 Dani 1979.
  17. 1 2 Beg 1986.
  18. Newspaper, the (21 December 2012). "Maryam Jinnah". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  19. Khalid, Amna (30 December 2011). "Ruttie's love letter to Jinnah". Daily Express . The Express Tribune . Retrieved 11 September 2012.
  20. Official website, Government of Pakistan. "Early Days: Birth and Schooling". Archived from the original on 5 November 2005. Retrieved 20 April 2006.
  21. Ahmed 2005, p. 21.
  22. Business baron Nusli Wadia attends to his ailing mother
  23. Dawn.com (2 November 2017). "Jinnah's only daughter, Dina Wadia, passes away at 98". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  24. "Jinnah's daughter Dina Wadia dies in New York". The Hindu. PTI. 2 November 2017. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 2 November 2017.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  25. Web Desk. "Quaid-e-Azam'S daughter Dina Wadia dies in New York - SUCH TV". SUCH TV. Retrieved 2 November 2017.

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