PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY:
Originally
it was the Kingdom of Upper Sindh, with an area of over 50,000 km2.
Khairpur State was founded in 1783, with the capital developed in 1786.
It's status was reduced to that of a Princely State in 1838, when the
British
took over the foreign affairs. The gun salute was reduced from 19 to 17
and then to 15, as the area of the state diminished to 15,670 km2.
Khairpur closed its mint and currency in 1903 and gave legal tender to
the British imperial currency in order to utilize the benefit of the
economic
market of the empire. The state was forcefully merged with Pakistan in
June 1955 in violation of the treaty of accession. Rulers were...
- HM Mir SOHRAB KHAN 1775/1811, he maintained his own
currency which was
separate to that of Lower Sindh, he married and had issue.
- HM Mir RUSTAM ALI KHAN (qv)
- Mir Ghulam Haidar Khan
- Mir MUBARAK ALI KHAN (qv)
- Mir Chakkar Khan
- HM Mir RUSTAM ALI KHAN 1811/1842, married and had issue. He
died 1846.
- HH Mir Sir ALI MURAD KHAN I (qv)
- Mir Ali Mardan Khan, born 13th July 1813, married and had
issue.
- Mir Mehrab Khan Talpur
- Mir Khudadad Khan Talpur
Mir MUBARAK ALI KHAN 1829/1839 (in
rebellion)
Mir NASER KHAN 1839/- (in rebellion)
- HH Mir Sir ALI MURAD KHAN I 1842/1894, born 1814 or 28th
June 1815 (#1),
succeeded 20th December 1842 (#1),
G.C.I.E., married and had issue, six sons, four of whom died young. He
died 2nd April 1894.
- Mir FAIZ MUHAMMED KHAN I (qv)
- Mir Jan Muhammed Khan Talpur
- Mir Ghulam Haidar Talpur
- Mir Shahnawaz Khan Talpur
- HH Mir Sir FAIZ MUHAMMED KHAN I 1894/1909, died 6th March
1909.
- HH Mir Sir IMAM BUKSH KHAN 1909/1921, G.C.I.E. [cr.1911],
died 8th
February
1921.
- HH Mir ALI NAWAZ KHAN 1921/1935, died 25th December 1935.
- HH Mir FAIZ MUHAMMED KHAN II 1935/1947, born 4th January
1913 and
succeeded
December 1935.
- HH Mir ALI MURAD KHAN II (see above)
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