While Jinnah's birthday is celebrated as 25 December 1876, there is reason to doubt that date. Karachi did not then issue birth certificates, no record was kept by his family (birth dates being of little importance to Muslims of the time), and his school records reflect a birth date of 20 October 1875. See Bolitho, стр. 3 Bolith, Hector (1954). Jinnah: Creator of Pakistan. London: John Murray. OCLC1001456192.
Walsh, Judith E. (2017). A Brief History of India. Infobase Publishing. стр. 173. ISBN978-1-4381-0825-4. „son of a middle-class merchant of the Muslim Khoja community who had migrated to Sind from Gujarat”
Ahmed, стр. 4: "Although born into a Khoja (from khwaja or 'noble') family who were disciples of the Ismaili 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 (Merchant 1990)." Ahmed, Akbar S. (2005) [First published 1997]. Jinnah, Pakistan, and Islamic Identity: The Search for Saladin. London: Routledge. ISBN978-1-134-75022-1.
Desai, Anjali (2007). India Guide Gujarat. Indian Guide Publications. ISBN978-0-9789517-0-2. „In 1913, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the son of an affluent Gujarati merchant from Kathiawad, joined the League after leaving the Congress due to disagreements with Gandhiji.”
Swamy 1997: "The future Mahatma insisted that the speeches be made in Gujarati by the Gujarati-speaking delegates. Jinnah, whose fluency in his mother-tongue of Gujarati was limited, objected to the suggestion." K. R. N. Swamy (1. 12. 1997), Mughals, maharajas, and the Mahatma, HarperCollins Publishers India, стр. 71, ISBN978-8-17-223280-1CS1 одржавање: Формат датума (веза)
Qasim Abdallah Moini (20 December 2003). „Remembering the Quaid”. Архивирано из оригинала 7. 10. 2008. г. Приступљено 3. 7. 2009.CS1 одржавање: Формат датума (веза). Dawn.com. "[I]t has been alleged in sections of the press that the Quaid was born not in this quarter of Karachi but in Jhirk, located in Thatta district. But most historians and biographers go along with the official line ..."
Sharif, Azizullah. "Karachi: Restoration of Church Mission School ordered" (). Dawn. 20 February 2010. Retrieved 26 May 2014. "Taking notice of the highly dilapidated and bad condition of the Church Mission School (CMS) where Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah had studied,[...]"
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Puri, стр. 34. Puri, Balraj (1—7. 3. 2008). „Clues to understanding Jinnah”. Economic and Political Weekly. Bombay: Sameeksha Trust. 43 (9): 33—35. JSTOR40277204.CS1 одржавање: Формат датума (веза)
Qasim Abdallah Moini (20 December 2003). „Remembering the Quaid”. Архивирано из оригинала 7. 10. 2008. г. Приступљено 3. 7. 2009.CS1 одржавање: Формат датума (веза). Dawn.com. "[I]t has been alleged in sections of the press that the Quaid was born not in this quarter of Karachi but in Jhirk, located in Thatta district. But most historians and biographers go along with the official line ..."
While Jinnah's birthday is celebrated as 25 December 1876, there is reason to doubt that date. Karachi did not then issue birth certificates, no record was kept by his family (birth dates being of little importance to Muslims of the time), and his school records reflect a birth date of 20 October 1875. See Bolitho, стр. 3 Bolith, Hector (1954). Jinnah: Creator of Pakistan. London: John Murray. OCLC1001456192.