Wazir Mansion
Encyclopedia
Wazir Mansion is a building, situated in the Kharadar, a locality of Karachi
; the provincial capital of the Sindh
province of Pakistan
. Wazir Mansion may be the birthplace of Quaid-e-Azam, Mohammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan
. Once, it was misunderstood to be Jhirk which was later revealed to be untrue. The reality is disclosed in a book "My brother" written in 1960s by Muhammed Ali Jinnah's sister Fatima Jinnah upon his biography wherein she has described the selient features about her brother's life. She has mentioned their ancestral village Paneli, in the state of Gondal, Kathiawar located in the province of Gujrat, present day India. Their father Mr. Jinnah had settled in Karachi because of business partnership with an english Merchant company named "Grams Trading Company, whose office was then located in Karachi. Jinnah's ancestral family and their progenies including M. A. Jinnah's daughter, son in law and grand children have been residents, to this day, of the province of Gujrat and Bombay. Muhammed Ali Jinnah's father got the house for rent in 1874 and settled here for sometimes. By 1900, he again returned to his native state. The house now serves as a museum
and national archive
. The house has been declared a protected national monument by the Government of Pakistan
.
Karachi
Karachi is the largest city, main seaport and the main financial centre of Pakistan, as well as the capital of the province of Sindh. The city has an estimated population of 13 to 15 million, while the total metropolitan area has a population of over 18 million...
; the provincial capital of the Sindh
Sindh
Sindh historically referred to as Ba'ab-ul-Islam , is one of the four provinces of Pakistan and historically is home to the Sindhi people. It is also locally known as the "Mehran". Though Muslims form the largest religious group in Sindh, a good number of Christians, Zoroastrians and Hindus can...
province of Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
. Wazir Mansion may be the birthplace of Quaid-e-Azam, Mohammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
. Once, it was misunderstood to be Jhirk which was later revealed to be untrue. The reality is disclosed in a book "My brother" written in 1960s by Muhammed Ali Jinnah's sister Fatima Jinnah upon his biography wherein she has described the selient features about her brother's life. She has mentioned their ancestral village Paneli, in the state of Gondal, Kathiawar located in the province of Gujrat, present day India. Their father Mr. Jinnah had settled in Karachi because of business partnership with an english Merchant company named "Grams Trading Company, whose office was then located in Karachi. Jinnah's ancestral family and their progenies including M. A. Jinnah's daughter, son in law and grand children have been residents, to this day, of the province of Gujrat and Bombay. Muhammed Ali Jinnah's father got the house for rent in 1874 and settled here for sometimes. By 1900, he again returned to his native state. The house now serves as a museum
Museum
A museum is an institution that cares for a collection of artifacts and other objects of scientific, artistic, cultural, or historical importance and makes them available for public viewing through exhibits that may be permanent or temporary. Most large museums are located in major cities...
and national archive
Archive
An archive is a collection of historical records, or the physical place they are located. Archives contain primary source documents that have accumulated over the course of an individual or organization's lifetime, and are kept to show the function of an organization...
. The house has been declared a protected national monument by the Government of Pakistan
Government of Pakistan
The Government of Pakistan is a federal parliamentary system, with an indirectly-elected President as the Head of State and Commander in Chief of the Pakistani Armed Forces, and an indirectly-elected Prime Minister as the Head of Government. The President’s appointment and term are...
.