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Jamshed Quarters
Residential neighborhood in Karachi, Pakistan From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jamshed Quarters (Urdu: جمشید کوارٹرز) is a residential neighborhood in the Karachi East district of Karachi, Pakistan. It is administered as part of Jamshed Town,[1] which was disbanded in 2011 before being restored in early 2022.
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Demography
Several ethnic groups reside in Jamshed Quarters including Muhajirs, Punjabis, Sindhis, Kashmiris, Seraikis, Pakhtuns, Balochis, Memons, Bohras, Khutchi, Ismailis, with a Christian population comprising various ethnicities. The former religious make-up of the population here included Muslims, Hindus, Christians, Parsis and Jews.[2]
Jamshed Quarters has a big Imam Bargah and the Masjid Jamia Binoria.[3]
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History
Jamshed Quarters was developed by Jamshed Nusserwanjee Mehta in 1922 and was named after him. In the same year 1922, he was elected president of the Karachi Municipality, an office he occupied till October 1932. He was born in 1886 in Karachi and died on 8 August 1952.[2]
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