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Baitul - Saadah, comes from the Arabic term 'Bait-ul-saad' meaning 'House of Happiness.' Off Warden road, Cumballa Hill
Owner: Cassimally Jairazbhoy. Architect: Yahya Cassumjee Merchant designed many buildings throughout India and was the winner of many awards including his work ImageImageImageImage
for Princess Kamala Raja Hospital, Gwalior in 1936; and the Qaid-E-Azam; Jinnah Mausoleum in Karachi which he regarded as a ‘statue in abstract form’ reflecting the personality of the man. Fatima Jinnah, ‘the Mother of the Nation’ in Pakistan and Mohammad Ali Jinnah’s sister,
commissioned him to construct the mausoleum. He taught architecture at J.J. College of Architecture, Bombay, India from 1943-1961 and called himself Jinnah’s ‘personal architect’. #ArchitectureWithoutBorders #BombaytoKarachi #history #Font #Lettering #IIA #ArtDeco #Mumbai #india
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