Above: Wazir Mansion, in Kharadar, the official birthplace of the Quaid-i-Azam; Below: Mr Jinnah’s first admission to Sindh Madressatul Islam is recorded in the school’s General Register, serial number 114. Karachi is clearly noted as his native place | Photo courtesy the writer It is widely believed that Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah was born in Karachi. But some local oral traditions say that he was born in Jherruck, a town in present-day Thatta district of Sindh. The proponents of the latter opinion point to a textbook published in Sindh in the 1950s to support their contention, which mentions that the Quaid-i-Azam was, indeed, born in Jherruck.