Parsi Cemetery

Parsi Cemetery is a cemetery in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.

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. Their respective grandsons, Seth Dorabji Cowasji Jussawala and Seth Nasarwanji Jehangiriji BoghaShahshai, erected the cemetery, buildings, and compound wall in January 1898.

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