Hardcover: 372 pages, 250 mm by 250 mm
Publication date: March 2019
Language: English
ISBN: 978 969 716 069 3
Rights: World
Price in Pakistan: PKR 2,500
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The Jinnah Anthology, 4th edition
The Jinnah Anthology, 4th edition
Compiled by Liaquat Merchant and Professor Sharif al Mujahid
Compiled by Liaquat Merchant and Professor Sharif al Mujahid
The Jinnah Anthology 4th edition is the last in a series which started in 1999. It documents the Quaid's life, work, and achievements, emphasizing his principles and vision regarding democracy, justice, equality, integrity, honesty, supremacy of the rule of law, and the rights of women and minorities. This 4th edition of a book long hailed as the best reference work on Jinnah, includes never-before-published treasures among its rich compilation of scholarly writings, photographs, documents, and speeches delivered by Jinnah between 1911 and 1947.
“Few individuals significantly alter the course of history. Fewer still modify the map of the world. Hardly anyone can be credited with creating a nation-state. Mohammad Ali Jinnah did all three.” Stanley Wolpert, Jinnah of Pakistan
Liaquat Merchant
Liaquat Merchant qualified as a lawyer in Bombay, began his practice before the High Court of Bombay in 1964, and has practiced in Bombay, Dubai, London, and Pakistan. The grandson of Jinnah’s sister Mariambai who lived in Bombay, he was appointed Administrator of the Estate of Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah by the High Court of Sindh at Karachi in 1980. He was appointed Trustee of the Quaid-e-Azam Aligarh Education Trust by the same High Court in 1984.
He is the Founder and Managing Trustee of the Jinnah Foundation, a registered charitable trust providing education and health to the poor. He is also the Founder President of the Jinnah Society which he established to promote nation-building through propagating the principles, ideals, and vision of Quaid-e-Azam. He is former Deputy Attorney General of Pakistan and has established many trusts and other non-government organisations in Pakistan on which he serves as a member. Liaquat Merchant has been responsible for many publications on Jinnah including Jinnah a Judicial Verdict, The Jinnah Anthology (four editions), M. A. Jinnah CD ROM Project and Quotes from the Quaid. The President of Pakistan conferred Sitara-i-Imtiaz on him in 2008 in recognition of his services.
Sharif al Mujahid
Professor Mujahid's publications include six major works, ten edited works, co-authored works, and twenty-two works (original/translated) in Urdu, Arabic, French, Portuguese and other languages. One of his works, Quaid-i-Azam Jinnah: Studies in Interpretation (1981; two editions. In Pakistan and two 'pirated' reprints in India), was the only work among all those on Pakistan's founder published since 1940 to qualify for the President's Award on Best Books on Quaid-i-Azam. He co-edited Unesco's History of Humanity, vol. VI, and edited In Quest of Jinnah (2007), the only oral history on Pakistan's founding father. His other works include Ideology of Pakistan (2001); Ideological Foundations of Pakistan (1999); Muslim League Documents, Vol. I: 1900-1908 (1990); Quaid-i-Azam and His Times: A Compendium, Vol. I: 1876-1937 (1990); and Indian Secularism: A Case Study of Muslim Minority (1970).
"[T]he untiring efforts of Liaquat Merchant, Jinnah’s grand nephew and Founder President of The Jinnah Society, and the remarkable Professor Sharif Al Mujahid deserve the highest praise. As a result of their commendable work, The Jinnah Anthology 4th Edition will continue to serve the needs of historians, scholars, authors, students, and Jinnah’s admirers for a long time to come...... It is a vital reference work." The Friday Times
Photos from launch of the Jinnah Anthology, 4th edition, Karachi, 28 March 2019
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