Mewa Shah Graveyard

Mewa Shah Graveyard () 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.
Notable Figures.
Kadu Makrani was executed by hanging in the Karachi Central Jail on November 1887. He was buried in Mewah Shah Graveyard. Qadir Bukhsh Rind Baloch (famously known as Kadu Makrani) was a 19th-century insurgent who operated mainly in Kathiawar, Gujarat and was born and raised in Makran. He is famously known for opposing and resisting British rule and rule by the elite class of Gujarat in favor of the rights of the poor lower class. He was one of the greatest freedom fighters of the British Raj.
Qadir Bukhsh Rind Baloch was martyred and buried in Karachi, Sindh in November 1887, with his final resting place in Mewah Shah Graveyard (Lyari).[1] Descendants of Makrani still live in Junagadh, Veraval, Jamnagar, and Lyari, Karachi. Today, many people visit Kadu Makrani's final resting place to pay respect and remember him and his fight against imperialism and British occupation.
Artist and the then Globally known "King of Water Colours", A.B Nazir aka Ahmed Buksh Nazir (1931–1961), is buried in this graveyard.
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.