Jinnahbhai Poonja
Gujarati businessman & father of Muhammad Ali Jinnah / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jinnahbhai Poonja (1857 ā 15 April 1902) was a prosperous Khoja Gujarati merchant in British India, who was also the father of Muhammad Ali Jinnah and Fatima Jinnah, alongside 5 other children. Jinnahbhai moved to Karachi from Gujarat shortly before the birth of his son Muhammad Ali Jinnah.
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Born | 1857 |
Died | April 15, 1902(1902-04-15) (aged 44ā45) |
Nationality | British Indian |
Occupation | Businessman |
Organization(s) | Jinnahbhai & Co. Graham's Shipping and Trading Company |
Spouse | Mitthibhai Jinnah |
Children | 7 |
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Family | Jinnah family |
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Jinnahbhai is the reason that the Jinnah family became more Islamic and abandoned many Hindu traditions. He was a Ismaili shia Jinnahbhai gave his children Muslim names instead of Hindu ones, and taught his children the Quran.