[4] "It was built during 1860-1870 with stone masonry in lime and jute mortar to suit the volatile weather of Karachi.

"[4] Wazir Mansion now may be the widely accepted birthplace of Quaid-e-Azam, Mohammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan.

She mentioned their ancestral village, Paneli, in the state of Gondal, Kathiawar, in the province of Gujarat, in present-day India.

Muhammad Ali Jinnah's father got the house (now Wazir Mansion) for rent in 1874 and settled here for some time.

[6] "Gowardhan Das was also among the owners of this building from whom Wazir Ali Ponawala (from whom the house had got its name 'Wazir Mansion') bought it at some point in 1904.