Ingenious, Ingenuous Jinnah and Pakistan Movement
By Dr. Sheikh Mohammad Iqbal
Hardback 406 Pages
Publisher : Adam Publishers, India

Birth and Bringing Up (From The Book)

Mohammed Ali Jinnah was born on Monday 25th of December, 1876, in Karachi, in a flat on Newnhan Road, later absorbed in the Wazir Mansion which was declared as a national monument by the Government of Pakistan. His father, an affluent and prosperous businessman, jinnahbhai poonja, whose ancestor was a 'Punjabi Rajput of Sahiwal (Montogomery) was said to have gone to Kathiaward where he married a Khoja girl. Mohammed Ali was a eldest of the eight children of his parents, and his mother's name was mithibai. As an infant Mohammed Ali (jinnah) was taken on a dhow to the dargah of Hasan Peer Saheb, where family reached after playing through stormy waters.

About The Author

Sheikh Mohammad Iqbal is a globally acknowledged Kashmiri scholar, considered an authority on Saudi Arabia and (was) a friend of Late King Faisal bin Abd al-Aziz.

He graduated from the Punjab University, Lahore, did his Masters and Law from Aligarh Muslim University (A.M.U.) and obtained his Ph.D from International School, Sapru house, New Delhi in 1962. His fields of specialization are Saudi Arabia, early Islamic History and Arab/Islamic issues. ​

He is a prolific writer, he has written over forty books, he was a visiting Asian Professor and Fulbright-Hays Senior Scholar to United States.

He served in Kashmir with dedication for almost three decades, holding, besides others, the posts of a Lecturer, Professor, Head of Department, Principal and Director.

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