Mewa Shah Graveyard

Mewa Shah Graveyard[1][2][3][4][5] (Urdu: میوە شاه قبرِستان‎) is located in SITE Town, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. The Mewa Shah Qabaristan (Cemetery), one of the largest and oldest graveyards of Karachi.

It is named after the 19th Century Sufi, Mewa Shah, was a Sufi and struggled against the British colonial rule in Karachi. He was jailed and eventually exiled by the British. According to the legend, Mewa Shah alighted the ship taking him into exile, said his prayers on the waves of the Arabian Sea and mounted a large fish which took him back to the shores of Karachi.[6]

Notable Figures

{{Artist and the then Globally known "King of Water Colours", A.B Nazir aka Ahmed Buksh Nazir- b.1931-d.1961, is buried in this graveyard. A forgotten legend of Pakistan. His grave and grave yard remains uncared for. His children and grandchildren reside in London UK|date=December 2019}}. This graveyard is named after mewa shah because he had a park of mewa (dry fruits) which can be only be eaten in his park because if someone will take that mewa outside it will rot or will be rotten.

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References
  1. "Nothing Sindhi about the Sindh Solid Waste Management Board | Samaa Digital". Samaa TV. Retrieved 2019-09-18.
  2. "Home secy told to explain why Uzair Baloch not interrogated about four missing persons". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 2019-09-18.
  3. Tribune.com.pk (2019-04-08). "Grave concerns of a gravedigger". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 2019-09-18.
  4. "Karachi's cemeteries: A grave business". NEWSLAB. Retrieved 2019-09-18.
  5. Abbasi, Reema (2014-11-23). "Footprints : In defiance of bigoted times". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2019-09-18.
  6. Pakistan's mystical Islam thrives


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