Mewa Shah Graveyard
Mewa Shah Graveyard (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.[1]
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