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Khairpur district was established in 1955. At the time of independence Khairpur was one of the Sovereign states that acceded the subjects of defense, communications and foreign affairs to Pakistan between 1947 to1955. Khairpur was ruled by Mirs of the Talpur family from 1783 to 1955 until it merged with the Pakistan which abolished the kingdom.

The history of the state of Khairpur is bound up with the history of the Talpur

Khairpur's History

family and its rule over Sindh. Talpur army defeated Kalhora Dynasty in the Battle of Halani in February, 1783 and become rulers of Sindh.

Mir Sohrab Khan Talpur established his control over Upper Sindh by 1783, established his capital at "Burahan" which he renamed Khairpur in 1786. He extended his territories over a vast area Mithankot presently in Punjab, Gandava presently in Balochistan and Shahgarh, Gotaru and Gharsia presently in India in 1823, map can be enlarged by clicking on it. To drive out the Afghans from the province, as early as 1811, he had divided his territories into three emirates, each ruled by one of his sons.

The death of Sohrab in 1830 left his eldest son Mir Rustam Ali Khan, in full though precarious control over Upper Sindh. His position had been little more than that of a regent during his father's lifetime, and this was to remain unchanged until his youngest half brother, Ali Murad, came of age. Unwilling to surrender power to him, Rustam sought to strengthen his position by entering into treaty relations with the British in 1832. He secured their recognition as independent ruler, but surrendered

control over external relations to them in April 1838, followed by full British protection later that year. Nevertheless, this did not save him from internal family disputes, with which the British initially refused to treat or take sides. However, the contest betweenMir Ali Murad was a forceful personality, who mistrusted the British for siding with his eldest brother in 1832. Nevertheless, he imbued himself with a sense of realism and attempted to co-operate whenever his interests or inclinations did not supervene. He honored the alliance by assisting the HEIC during the Turki Campaign in 1847, but blotted his copybook by intriguing against them in 1851-1852. Accused of deception and

fraud, he was stripped of most of his territories in Upper Sindh in 1852, being left with little more than his original emirate including Khairpur and surrounding lands. ministers and ordered the Mir to live outside the state. After a period of twelve-years, and shortly before the transfer of power, he abdicated in favor of his minor son in July 1947. The state acceded to the Dominion of Pakistan in October that year , and merged into West Punjab in 1955.

The young Mir having reached his majority and received full ruling powers just four years earlier.

The state had been the first place on the sub-continent to introduce full adult suffrage. His subjects enjoyed free education up to matriculation standard and free healthcare there were no customs duties, property, income or wealth taxes, the crime rate negligible, and light industries flourished.

When Pakistan came into being there were many States which joined Pkaistan named, Khairpur, Bahawalpur, Sawat, Dir and others. Map of Pakistan on 14th August, 1947 is present in this page, you can find more states in it by enlarging the map.

Mir Ali Murad Khan II remains one of the few surviving first class rulers of the old Indian Empire, still holding a public Majlis every Muharram at his sprawling palace, Faiz Mahal. He has long taken a keen interest in animal welfare and conservation, having established one of the largest private wildlife sanctuaries on the sub-continent. His younger son, Prince Mehdi

GOVERNMENT OF KHAIRPUR STATE

The form of government was traditional monarchy. However, in 1950 the Mir Ali Murad II introduced democracy with universal adult franchise. The rulers of Khairpur were styled as Amir - thus the correct title of the state was the Emirate of Khairpur. The royal privileges of the Amir were abolished in 1972 in violation of the merger agreement, along with those of most of the other sovereign princes that had acceded to Pakistan.

Time Period	Amir of Khairpur
1783 - 1811	Mir Sohrab Khan
1811 - 20th December 1842	Mir Rustam Ali Khan
1829 - 1839	Mir Mubarak Ali Khan
1839 - 1842	Mir Nasser Khan
20th December 1842 - 2nd April 1894	Mir Ali Murad Khan I
2nd April 1894 - 6th March 1909	Mir Faiz Mohammad Khan I
6th March 1909 - 8th February 1921	Mir Imam Bakhsh Khan
8th February 1921 - 25th June 1921	Interregnum
25th June 1921 - 25th December 1935	Mir Ali Nawaz Khan
25th December 1935 - 19th July 1947	Mir Faiz Mohammad Khan II
19th July 1947 - 14th October 1955	Ali Murad Khan II
14th October 1955	State of Khairpur abolished