Parsi Cemetery

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Parsi Cemetery is a cemetery in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. [1] [2]

History

Constructed in the 1890s, the Parsi graveyard was established to honor the memory of Rawalpindi Parsi merchants Seth Jahangiriji Framji Jussawala and Seth Jamasji Hormasji Bogha. [3] [4] Their respective grandsons, Seth Dorabji Cowasji Jussawala and Seth Nasarwanji Jehangiriji BoghaShahshai, erected the cemetery, buildings, and compound wall in January 1898. [3] [5]

Prior to the partition of India, Rawalpindi was a religiously diverse city with a significant Zoroastrian minority that arrived in the 1870s. [3] Parsi merchants were drawn to Rawalpindi due to its strategic position as a major business hub and gateway to the North. [3] The marble tombstones in the graveyard, featuring inscriptions in Gujarati script, reflect the Gujarati origins of Rawalpindi's Parsi community. [3] [6]

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References

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