Emibai Jinnah was a cousin and the first wife of Muhammad Ali Jinnah

Muhammad Ali Jinnah

Muhammad Ali Jinnah was a Muslim lawyer, politician, statesman and the founder of Pakistan. He is popularly and officially known in Pakistan as Quaid-e-Azam and Baba-e-Qaum ....

 - founder of Pakistan.

Emibai’s marriage with Mohammad Ali Jinnah took place in 1892. She was 14 and he was 16. Only nikah

Nikah

Marriage in Islam is an Islamic prenuptial contract between a man and woman to live as husband and wife. It is a formal, binding contract considered integral to a religiously valid Islamic marriage, and outlines the rights and responsibilities of the groom and bride involved in marriage proceedings...

 was solemnized and the rukhsati

Pakistani wedding

Marriage in Pakistan is a legal union between a man and a woman. Culturally, it is not only a link between the husband and wife, but also an alliance between their respective families...

 was to take place later on. Shortly after the marriage, Jinnah left for England. When he returned, his bride had died. Struck by the tragedy, Jinnah didn’t marry for a long time.

Years later in 1918, Mr. Mohammad Ali Jinnah married Ruttenbai Petit

Rattanbai Petit

Maryam Jinnah , was the second wife of Muhammad Ali Jinnah - an important figure in the Indian Independence Movement and later founder of Pakistan....

, the daughter of a prominent Parsi

Parsi

Parsi or Parsee refers to a member of the larger of the two Zoroastrian communities in South Asia, the other being the Irani community....

 banker Sir Dinshaw Petit

Dinshaw Maneckji Petit

Sir Dinshaw Maneckji Petit, 1st Baronet , Parsi entrepreneur and founder of the first textile mills in India. He was also the grandfather of Rattanbai Petit Jinnah, who later became the wife of the founder of Pakistan, Mr...

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