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

Members of Jinnah family, Muhammad Ali Jinnah (often referred to simply as Jinnah) and , 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. The story of Pakistan

Jinnah's family history is disputed among various sources. Originally from a background, they moved to from , Bombay Province in 1875. Gujrats gifts to India and Pakistan Jinnah's grandfather was from village in Gondal state in peninsula (now in , India).

(2025). 9781107192768, Cambridge University Press. .
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 . 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.


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.


First Generation
  • Poonja Meghji. He was a Hindu converted to Islam. He also observed most Hindu religious rituals:
    • Manbai
    • Valji
    • Nathoobhai
    • Jinnahbhai


Second generation


Third generation
  • Muhammad Ali Jinnah (1876–1948)
    • The founder of and was the country's first Governor-General. His first marriage in 1892 was the result of his mother urging him to marry his cousin before he left for England to pursue higher studies. However, Emibai died a few months later. His second marriage took place in 1918 to (granddaughter of Dinshaw Maneckji Petit and Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata), a Parsi who was 24 years his junior. Rattanbai converted to Islam when she married Jinnah. In 1919, she gave birth to their only daughter, .
    • m.
      • Dawn (newspaper) Fact File: "In his youth, Mohammad Ali Jinnah was married to a distant cousin named Emibai from Paneli village in Gujarat at his mother's urging. At the time of their marriage, Jinnah was only 16 and Emibai was 14. The marriage was arranged by his mother because she feared that when Jinnah went to England, he might end up marrying an English girl. The couple hardly lived together as Jinnah sailed from India soon after his marriage and Emibai died a few weeks later."
    • m. (1900-1929)
  • Ahmed Ali Jinnah
    • Ahmed Ali Jinnah was a businessman and, though not involved in politics or public life, he is known for his place within the prominent Jinnah family. He married a Swiss woman named Emmy, with whom he had a daughter, and later settled abroad, living in and eventually the . He remained largely out of the public eye, and little is documented about his personal or professional life.
  • Bunde Ali Jinnah
  • Rahmat Bai Jinnah
  • Shireen Jinnah
  • (1893–1967)
    • Fatima Jinnah was a dental surgeon, biographer, stateswoman, and one of the leading Founding mothers of modern-state of Pakistan. She also played a pivotal role in civil rights and introduced the women's rights movement in the Pakistan Movement. After her brother's death she continued to play a pivotal role in Pakistani politics and in 1965 returned to active politics by running against Ayub Khan in the 1965 elections.
  • Maryam Bai Jinnah
  • Bachu
    • Died in infancy


Fourth generation
  • (1919–2017)
    • Dina was born to Muhammad Ali Jinnah and (née ) in shortly after midnight on the morning of 15 August 1919. As 's Jinnah of Pakistan records: "Oddly enough, precisely twenty-eight years to the day and hour before the birth of Jinnah's other offspring, Pakistan."

She had a rift with her father when she expressed her desire to marry a from her mother's family, . According to M C Chagla in "Roses in December", Jinnah, a , 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. His descendants through her are part of the and reside in India as she married and stayed in India after the creation of in 1947. Dina Wadia lived alone with staff in the New York City, United States. Business baron Nusli Wadia attends to his ailing mother Wadia died of pneumonia at her home in New York on 1 November 2017 at the age of 98.


Estates
Private estates
  • , Jinnah's birthplace in Karachi
  • , Muhammad Ali Jinnah's former residence in , India, currently owned by the government of India.
  • Muhammad Ali Jinnah House, Jinnah's former House at 10 Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Road, , currently the Dutch Embassy in India.
  • Quaid-e-Azam House, Muhammad Ali Jinnah's House in Karachi
  • Jinnah House, a property owned by Jinnah in Lahore, currently the Corps Commander House

Official residences
  • Governor-General's House, Jinnah's official residence in Karachi
  • Quaid-e-Azam Residency, Jinnah's residence in Balochistan where he spent the last days of his life


Family photos
File:Jinnah Poonjha.jpg|Jinnahbhai Poonja File:Quaidportrait.jpg|Muhammad Ali Jinnah File:Fatima jinnah1.jpg| File:Emibai Muhammad Ali Jinnah.jpg| File:Maryam Jinnah portrait.jpg|


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