Forty-five years after independence, a plethora of myths and misconceptions have enveloped the life and career of Jinnah. The Jinnah Papers reveal the "real" Jinnah while providing invaluable information on events and issues in the crucial phase of Pakistan's emergence, providing a primary source for research and information. The first volume of the Jinnah Papers covers the period February 20 to June 2, 1947 and is in two Part I contains 718 documents and is supplemented by 14 Appendices in Part II. The documents in the Jinnah Papers have not been published before and constitute a primary source of information on a number of important issues.
Muhammad Ali Jinnah (Urdu: محمد علی جناح) born Mahomedali Jinnahbhai (Gujarati: મુહમ્મદ અલી જિન્નાભાઈ) is popularly and officially known in Pakistan as 'Quaid-e-Azam' ("Great Leader") and 'Baba-e-Qaum' ("Father of the Nation") for his role in the founding of Pakistan and separation from India following liberation from British colonial rule, and his subsequent service as Governor-General of Pakistan until is death from tuberculosis.