Graves at Gwalior & Narwar
Researching Armenian Family History in India
1600 - 1950

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The Armenian cemetery at Gwalior was opened by Colonel Jacob Petrus in 1825.  It was a walled place, with a gate, making the consecrated ground safe from desecration.

Armenian graves at Narwar

1. This is the tomb of Carapiet, the son of Gaspar Bazrganbashi of Diarbekir who died in the Lord at the city of Gwalior on the 20th April 1825.	2. This is the tomb of Mhtesy Alexan, the son of Khoodaverdi of Salmast who died in the Lord on the 16th May 1834 at Gwalior	3. This is the tomb of Anooshka, the daughter of Stephen and the wife of George Agabeg who died in the Lord on the 29th November 1837 at Gwalior.  Aged 14 years.
4. This is the tomb of Mariam Khanoom, the daughter of Mackertich, who is known as Shah Mirza, and the wife of Simon Gregory of Hamadan who died in the Lord on the 18th May 1837, at Gwalior.  (There is also an inscription in Persian)	5.This is the tomb of Gregory Pogose who died in the Lord on the 30th January 1839.	6. This is the tomb of the Rev. Martyrose David of New Julfa who died in the Lord on the 2nd February 1839 at the city of Gwalior.
7. This is the tomb of the late Major David Jacob* who died in the Lord on the 19th September 1848 at Gwalior.  Aged 35 years. *Major David was the elder son of Colonel Jacob Petrus of Gwalior.  He died during the lifetime of his aged father.	8. This is the tomb of Phiarikhanoom the believe daughter of Joseph Owen, who died in the Lord on the 20th August 1849 at Gwalior. Aged 2 years. (There is also an inscription in Persian).	9. This is the tomb of Anna, the widow of Aviet Johanness of Bayazid, who died in the Lord at Gwalior, on the 18th November 1849. Aged 30 years.  (There is also an inscription in Persian).
10. This is the tomb of the late Colonel Agah Jacob Petrus who died in the Lord on the 24th June 1850, at Gwalior. Aged 95 years and 3 months.  (There is also an inscription in Persian).  The English inscription reads: Sacred to the memory of Colonel Jacob.  Born 24th of March 1755, obeit 24th of June 1850.  Aged 95 years and 3 months.  He commanded the first Brigade of Scindhiah whom he faithfully served for 70 years. May he rest in peace [His grave at Gwalior is a beautiful tombstone bearing inscriptions in Armenian, Persian and English.]	11. This is the tomb of the late Moses Manook who was a Colonel in Hyderabad, Sind.  He died in the Lord at Gwalior on Monday the 4th June 1851.  Aged 55 years. (There is also a long inscription in Persian).	12. This is the tomb of Waness [Johanness] Gabriel, who died on the 2nd January 1853, at Gwalior.  Aged 90 years.
Sabi widow of Major David, died at Gwalior 1893. Daughter of Armenian merchant of Calcutta, Pogose Carapiet.	There are beside the above graves, 17 tombstones in the Armenian cemetery at Gwalior, 12 of which have no inscriptions and the remaining 5 are without tombstones.  In a covered placed are to be seen the beautiful tombstones of Colonel Jacob and of his elder son, Major David, with bilingual inscriptions, as recorded above, but the one over the grave of Helen, the widow of Colonel Jacob, who died at Gwalior on 3rd July 1871, and was buried next to her husband, has no inscription.

Armenian graves at Narwar

 

This is the tomb of Simon, son of the late Nazar of Julfa.  Died in the year 128 of theera of Azaria (1743 A.D.).  There is also an inscription of two lines in Persian, which translates as: Solaiman Beg, the Armenian, son of Nazar Beg*. The inscription in Armenian, is beautifully carved.  There is a figure of the Cross carved at the top of the bilingual inscriptions.

There is a large tombstone near the Dak Bungalow, Narwar town, Gwalior State, with a long inscription of 26 lines in ancient Armenian verse, of which the following is a literal translation. "If you were to ask my tomb.  I am a priest of the Armenian nation.  I died at Narwar aged 72 years.  I was a widower for 30 years.  My name is Reverend Arakiel.  I am a native of Julfa, the son of a good and pious man whose name was Pogose.  My end came on the 13th day of the month of May in the year 1750 of the Christian era and in the year of 135 of the era of Azaria, on the day of the feast of the Apparition of the Cross. Do not think he is here, his body was interred in this place for six months and then removed to Bengal and his mark was left here.  He was taken and buried at the Armenian Church at Chinsurah.  I became a stranger in a stranger land.  The sins of those who pray for him will be forgiven in the terrible day of judgement"

*The Armenian name Simon has been converted into Solomon (Solaiman) in the Persian inscription, evidently for the sake of euphony.  Both father and son have the title of Beg, which clearly shows that they must have been in military service to have earned that title.
 

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