This book intends, primarily, to be a source of inspiration for the general reader. It aims to re-emphasize Jinnah's vision and principals relating to democracy, justice, equality, integrity, honesty, supremacy of the rule of law and rights of women and minorities, to document the Quaid's life, his work and achievements. The collection of previously published and new articles by well-known academics, historians and analysts along with the collection of various speeches delivered by Jinnah between 1911 and 1947 make it an invaluable source of information for academics, researchers, historians, undergraduate and graduate students alike. The book is divided into fourteen sections, including essays, excerpts from books on the freedom movement, speeches, quotes, articles, personal recollections and tributes. The speeches are unavailable in any other publications and therefore prove to be invaluable. The book has an attractive layout, and a wide variety of photographs.

Table of Contents:
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ; PREFACE ; INTRODUCTION ; PUBLISHER'S NOTE ; SECTION 1: ORIGINAL ESSAYS ON JINNAH ; 1. Mohammad Ali Jinnah: One of the Greatest Statesmen of the Twentieth Century Stanley Wolpert ; 2. Partition and the Birth of Pakistan ; JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH ; 3. World of His Fathers Fouad Ajami ; 4. Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah ; LIAQUAT H. MERCHANT ; 5. Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah: A Historian's Perspective S.M. Burke ; 6. Jinnah: A Portrait ; SHARIF AL MUJAHID ; 7. Quaid-i-Azam's Personality and its Role and Relevance in the Achievement of Pakistan ; SIKANDAR HAYAT ; 8. Mohammad Ali Jinnah ; KULDIP NAYAR ; 9. M.A. Jinnah: The Official Biography ; M.R. KAZIMI ; 10. The Official Biography: An Evaluation ; SHARIF AL MUJAHID ; 11. Inheriting the Raj: Jinnah and the Governor-Generalship Issue ; AYESHA JALAL ; 12. Constitutional Set-up of Pakistan as Visualised by Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah ; S. SHARIFUDDIN PIRZADA ; 13. Jinnah-Two Perspectives: Secular or Islamic and Protector General of Minorities ; LIAQUAT H. MERCHANT ; 14. Jinnah on Civil Liberties ; A.G. NOORANI ; 15. Jinnah and Women's Emancipation ; SHARIF AL MUJAHID ; 16. Jinnah's 'Gettysburg Address' ; AKBAR S. AHMED ; 17. The Two Saviours: Ataturk and Jinnah ; MUHAMMAD ALI SIDDIQUI ; 18. The Quaid and the Princely States of India ; SHAHARYAR M. KHAN ; 19. Reminiscences ; JAVID IQBAL ; 20. Jinnah as seen by Sir Sultan Muhammad Shah, Aga Khan III ; LIAQUAT H. MERCHANT ; SECTION 2: QUOTES FROM THE QUAID ; SECTION 3: EXCERPTS FROM THE SPEECHES AND STATEMENTS OF THE QUAID ; 1. MUSSALMAN WAKF VALIDATING BILL, 17 MARCH 1911 ; 2. MOVING THE REPORT OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON THE MUSSULMAN WAKF VALIDATING BILL, APRIL 1913 ; 3. JINNAH'S ADDRESS TO THE COURT IN THE CASE BAL GANGADHAR TILAK VS KING EMPEROR, 8 NOVEMBER 1916 ; 4. ON THE REPORT OF THE 'ROWLATT COMMITTEE AND MONTAGU-CHELMSFORD REFORM PROPOSALS', 15 APRIL 1918 ; 5. ON THE CRIMINAL LAW (EMERGENCY POWERS) BILL, 6 FEBRUARY 1919 ; 6. IN OPPOSITION TO THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (AMENDMENT) BILL, 12 SEPTEMBER 1929 ; 7. ISLAM-A CODE OF LIFE, EID MESSAGE, SEPTEMBER 1945 ; 8. SAFEGUARDING THE RIGHTS OF MINORITIES, 14 JULY 1947 ; 9. THE DUTY OF GOVERNMENT AND THE FREEDOM OF ITS CITIZENS, 11 AUGUST 1947 ; 10. PAKISTAN: A MORAL AND INTELLECTUAL ACHIEVEMENT, 31 AUGUST 1947 ; 11. PAKISTAN'S RELATIONS WITH INDIA, 11 MARCH 1948 ; 12. DUTY TO THE STATE, 12 APRIL 1948: REPLY TO THE ADDRESS PRESENTED BY THE STUDENTS OF THE ISLAMIA COLLEGE, PESHAWAR ; 13. A DEMOCRATIC AND ISLAMIC CONSTITUTION FOR PAKISTAN, 26 FEBRUARY 1948, IN A BROADCAST TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, RECORDED IN FEBRUARY 1948 ; 14. DANGERS OF PROVINCIALISM, 21 MARCH 1948, ADDRESSING A PUBLIC MEETING IN DHAKA ; 15. BANKING PRACTICES AND ISLAMIC IDEALS, 1 JULY 1948, AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE STATE BANK OF PAKISTAN ; SECTION 4: EXCERPTS FROM BOOKS ON THE FREEDOM MOVEMENT ; 1. JOACHIM ALVA, LEADERS OF INDIA, THACKERLAND LTD, BOMBAY, 1943 ; 2. V.N. NAIK, MR JINNAH: A POLITICAL STUDY, SADBHAKTI PUBLICATIONS, BOMBAY, 1947 ; 3. WOODROW WYATT, CONFESSIONS OF AN OPTIMIST, COLLINS, LONDON, 1985 ; 4. AJEET JAWED, SECULAR AND NATIONALIST JINNAH, KITAB PUBLISHING HOUSE, NEW DELHI, 1998 ; 5. H.V. HODSON, THE GREAT DIVIDE, OUP, KARACHI, 1997 ; 6. MUHAMMAF YUSUF BUCH, 'THE TWO PROTOTYPES: JINNAH AND GANDHI', PAKISTAN PAST AND PRESENT, STACEY INTERNATIONAL, LONDON, 1976 ; 7. SHARIF AL MUJAHID (ED.), IN QUEST OF JINNAH, OUP, KARACHI, 2007 ; O T.W. HUTTON, 'MOHAMMED ALI JINNAH' ; SECTION 5: IMPRESSIONS ; 1. BEVERLEY NICHOLS ; 2. EDGAR SNOW ; 3. LADY WAVELL ; 4. AGA KHAN III ; SECTION 6: PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS ; 1. SAROJINI NAIDU ; 2. GOPAL KRISHNA GOKHALE ; 3. DEWAN CHAMAN LAL ; 4. FRANK MORAES ; 5. M.A.H. ISPAHANI ; 6. BEGUM GETI ARA BASHIR AHMAD ; 7. S.M. YUSUF ; 8. B.R. AMBEDKAR ; 9. P. ATKINSON LAURENCE ; 10. YUSUF MEHERALLY ; 11. EDWIN SAMUEL MONTAGU ; 12. D.F. KARAKA ; 13. R.G. CASEY ; 14. H.V. HODSON ; 15. PRINCESS ABIDA SULTAAN ; 16. SAHABZADA YAQUB KHAN ; 17. SHAISTA SUHRAWARDY IKRAMULLAH ; 18. S. HASHIM RAZA ; 19. JUSTICE (RETD.) Z.A. CHANNA ; 20. ATA RABBANI ; 21. YUSUF A. HAROON ; 22. SYED SHARIFUDDIN PIRZADA ; SECTION 7: TRIBUTES ; 1. LORD LOUIS MOUNTBATTEN ; 2. H.V. HODSON ; 3. PRESIDENT HARRY S. TRUMAN ; 4. GEORGE MARSHALL ; 5. LORD PETHICK-LAWRENCE ; 6. SIR STAFFORD CRIPPS ; 7. SIR OLAF CAROE ; 8. SARAT CHANDRA BOSE ; 9. SIR COWASJI JEHANGIR ; 10. SIR R.K. SHANMUKHAN CHETTY ; 11. CHAUDRI ZAFARULLAH KHAN ; 12. MUHAMMAD IQBAL ; SECTION 8: ARTICLES ON JINNAH ; 1. QUAID-I-AZAM AND THE DEMAND FOR PARTITION ; GOWHER RIZVI ; 2. M.A. JINNAH AS THE AMBASSADOR OF HINDU-MUSLIM UNITY ; KARL REINHOLD HAELLQUIST ; 3. A SOVIET PERSPECTIVE ; YU.V. GANKOVSKY ; 4. QUAID-I-AZAM AS I KNEW HIM ; ALTAF HUSAIN ; 5. JINNAH, IN A CLASS OF HIS OWN ; EQBAL AHMAD ; 6. JINNAH: LEADERSHIP AND POLITICAL ORIENTATION ; HASAN-ASKARI RIZVI ; 7. THE QUAID AS A STATESMAN ; MAHDI MASUD ; 8. BRING BACK JINNAH'S PAKISTAN ; ARDESHIR COWASJEE ; SECTION 9: THE JINNAH SOCIETY: FOCUS ON JINNAH'S IDEALS, PRINCIPLES, AND VISION ; LIAQUAT H. MERCHANT ; SECTION 10: THE QUAID'S WILL ; SECTION 11: THE DAWN TRUST ; SECTION 12: JUDGMENTS ; 1. EXCERPT FROM THE JUDGMENT OF JUSTICE ABDUL KADIR SHEIKH OF THE HIGH COURT OF SIND ; 2. EXCERPT FROM THE JUDGMENT OF JUSTICE ABDUL HAYEE KURESHI AND JUSTICE ABDUL RAZZAK A. THAHIM OF THE HIGH COURT OF SIND ; SECTION 13: THE QUAID'S LAST RITES ; MOHAMMED ALY RANGOONWALA ; SECTION 14: OBITUARY/EDITORIAL ; 1. FROM THE TIMES (LONDON) ; 2. FROM THE HINDU (MADRAS [CHENNAI] INDIA) ; SECTION 15: THE QUAID'S LIFE: A CHRONOLOGY ; THE EDITORS ; COMMENTS ON THE SECOND EDITION ; INDEX