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**T1ivuQGS** · 10-15-2008, 03:24 AM

Jinnah was born as Mahomedali Jinnahbhai[6] in Wazir Mansion, Karachi,[7] - then a province of the Bombay Presidency of British India. Although his earliest school records were to state that he was born on October 20, 1875, he himself later in life[8] would give December 25, 1876 as his official date of birth.[citation needed] Jinnah was the eldest of seven children born to Mithibai and Jinnahbhai Poonja. His father, Jinnahbhai (1857–1901), was a prosperous Gujarati merchant who had moved to Sindh from Kathiawar, Gujarat shortly before Jinnah's birth.[7][9] His grandfather was Poonja Meghji,[10] a Bhatia from Paneli village in Gondal state in Kathiawar. The family had moved there from Sahiwal near Multan. Some sources speculated that the Jinnah's ancestors were Hindu Rajputs from Sahiwal, Punjab that converted to Islam.[9]

The firstborn Jinnah was soon joined by six siblings, brothers Ahmad Ali, Bunde Ali, and Rahmat Ali, and sisters Maryam, Fatima and Shireen. Jinnah's family belonged to the Ismaili Khoja branch of Shi'a Islam, though Jinnah later converted to Twelver Shi'a Islam.[1] Their mother tongue was Gujarati, however, in time they also came to speak Kutchi, Sindhi, Urdu and English.[11]

according to wiki (not sure if it is accurate) his father and grandfather were from gujarat, if so then that makes him a guji regardless of where he was born.
incidentally i have been told that i am also decended from the rajputs.

10-15-2008, 03:24 AM	#32
T1ivuQGS Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 473 Senior Member	Jinnah was born as Mahomedali Jinnahbhai[6] in Wazir Mansion, Karachi,[7] - then a province of the Bombay Presidency of British India. Although his earliest school records were to state that he was born on October 20, 1875, he himself later in life[8] would give December 25, 1876 as his official date of birth.[citation needed] Jinnah was the eldest of seven children born to Mithibai and Jinnahbhai Poonja. His father, Jinnahbhai (1857–1901), was a prosperous Gujarati merchant who had moved to Sindh from Kathiawar, Gujarat shortly before Jinnah's birth.[7][9] His grandfather was Poonja Meghji,[10] a Bhatia from Paneli village in Gondal state in Kathiawar. The family had moved there from Sahiwal near Multan. Some sources speculated that the Jinnah's ancestors were Hindu Rajputs from Sahiwal, Punjab that converted to Islam.[9] The firstborn Jinnah was soon joined by six siblings, brothers Ahmad Ali, Bunde Ali, and Rahmat Ali, and sisters Maryam, Fatima and Shireen. Jinnah's family belonged to the Ismaili Khoja branch of Shi'a Islam, though Jinnah later converted to Twelver Shi'a Islam.[1] Their mother tongue was Gujarati, however, in time they also came to speak Kutchi, Sindhi, Urdu and English.[11] according to wiki (not sure if it is accurate) his father and grandfather were from gujarat, if so then that makes him a guji regardless of where he was born. incidentally i have been told that i am also decended from the rajputs.
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