Khairpur (princely state)
Khairpur state ریاست خیرپور | |||||||||||
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| 1783–30 September 1955 | |||||||||||
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Khairpur (highlighted red) shown within the former exclave of West Pakistan | |||||||||||
| Status | Princely state under British Raj (1838–1947) Princely state of Pakistan (1947–1955) | ||||||||||
| Capital | Khairpur | ||||||||||
| Common languages | Sindhi | ||||||||||
| Religion | Islam | ||||||||||
| Government | Absolute Monarchy | ||||||||||
| Mir | |||||||||||
• 1783–1811 | Mir Sohrab Khan Talpur (first) | ||||||||||
• 1947–1954 | George Ali Murad Khan Talpur II (last) | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| 1783 | |||||||||||
| 17 February – 24 March 1843 | |||||||||||
• Princely State established | c. 1853 | ||||||||||
| 3 October 1947 | |||||||||||
| 30 September 1955 | |||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||
• Total | 15,730 km2 (6,070 sq mi) | ||||||||||
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| Today part of | |||||||||||
| This article is part of the series |
| Former administrative units of Pakistan |
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The State of Khairpur (also transliterated as Khayrpur) was a princely state of British India on the Indus River in northern Sindh, modern Pakistan, with its capital city at Khairpur.