Quaid-e-Azam House

The Quaid-e-Azam House, also known as Flagstaff House, is a museum dedicated to the personal life of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan. Located in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, it was designed by British architect Moses Somake.

This article is about the museum in Pakistan. For the building in Hong Kong, see Flagstaff House. For the presidential palace in Accra, Ghana, see The Flagstaff House.
Quaid-e-Azam House (Flagstaff House) in Karachi.

The former home of Jinnah, who lived there from 1944 until his death in 1948. His sister, Fatima Jinnah lived there until 1964. It was bought by Quaid e Azam in 1943 at the cost of one lac fifteen thousand rupees from its previous owner. The building was later acquired in 1985 by the Pakistani government and conserved as a museum.[1]

Museum of Jinnah

In 1984, it was converted into the Flagstaff House Museum of Jinnah.

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See also
  • Jinnah family
  • Wazir Mansion, Jinnah's birthplace in Karachi
  • South Court, Muhammad Ali Jinnah's former residence in Mumbai, India, currently owned by the government of India.
  • Muhammad Ali Jinnah House, Jinnah's former House at 10 Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Road, New Delhi, currently the Dutch Embassy in India.
  • Quaid-e-Azam Residency in Ziarat, where Jinnah spent the days of his life

References
  1. Shahid Husain, " Quaid-e-Azam House Museum suffers due to water shortage", The News International, 14 May 2009

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