Mewa Shah Qabaristan Graveyard in Sindh

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The Mewa Shah Qabaristan (Cemetery), one of the largest and oldest graveyards of Karachi.
Site Town Karachi
SITE Town was re-organized as part of Karachi West District in 2015.
Mewa Shah Graveyard is situated nearby to Khamosh Colony and Dakhsar.
Mewa Shah Graveyard
24.358°N 67.038°E

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.
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.