Sind was a province of British India from 1 April 1936 to 1947 and Dominion of Pakistan from 14 August 1947 to 14 October 1955. Under the British, it encompassed the current territorial limits excluding the princely state of Khairpur. Its capital was Karachi. After Pakistan's creation, the province lost the city of Karachi, as it became the capital of the newly created country. It became part of West Pakistan upon the creation of the One Unit Scheme.
Hyderabad is a city and the capital of Hyderabad Division in the Sindh province of Pakistan. It is the second-largest city in Sindh, and the 7th largest in Pakistan.
Mir is a Persian and Kurdish title with variable connotations.
Mirpur Khas is a city in Sindh province, Pakistan. The city was built by Talpur rulers of Mankani branch. According to the 2017 Census of Pakistan, its population was 205,913. Mirpur Khas is known for its mango cultivation, with hundreds of varieties of the fruit produced each year - it is also called the “City of Mangoes,” and has been home to an annual mango festival since 1955. After the completion of Hyderabad-Mirpurkhas dual carriage way, the city has become hub of commercial activities.
Khairpur is a city and the capital of the Khairpur District of Pakistan's Sindh province.
Khairpur District is a district in the Pakistani province of Sindh in Sukkur Division.
The Battle of Miani or Meeanee was a battle between forces of the Bombay Army of the East India Company, under the command of Charles Napier and the Baloch army of Talpur Amirs of Sindh, led by Mir Nasir Khan Talpur. The battle took place on 17 February 1843 at Miani, Sindh, in what is now modern-day Pakistan. This battle and the subsequent Battle of Hyderabad eventually led to the capture of parts of Sindh region, first territorial possession by the East India Company in what is the modern-day state of Pakistan.
Talpur is a Baloch tribe. The tribe later formed the Talpur Dynasty. The tribe is mainly settled in Sindh, Punjab and Balochistan in Pakistan. The Talpur dynasty ruled between 1783 and 1843, while a branch of the dynasty ruled until 1955 as the Khairpur princely state.
The Khanate of Kalat was a Brahui Khanate that originated in the modern-day Kalat region of Pakistan. Formed in 1666 due to the threat of Mughal expansion in the region, it controlled the wider Balochistan at its greatest extent in the mid-18th century, extending from Kerman in the west to Sindh in the east and from Helmand River in the north to the Arabian Sea in the south. The Khanate of Kalat lost considerable area to Qajar Iran and the Emirate of Afghanistan in the early 19th century, and the city of Kalat was itself sacked by the British in 1839.
The Talpur dynasty is a Baloch dynasty that ruled the Sindh after overthrowing of Kalhora dynasty in 1783 until British conquest of Sindh in 1843. A branch of the family continued to rule Khairpur, under British suzerainty and later as a Pakistani princely state, until 1955 when it was amalgamated into West Pakistan.
Imamgarh or Kot Imamgarh or Imam Garh is located in Khairpur District, Sindh, Pakistan. The geographical coordinates of Imamgarh are 26° 32' 0" North, 69° 14' 0" East.
The Balochs of Sindh,, is a community of Sindhi-speaking Baloch tribes living throughout the Sindh province of Pakistan.
The Battle of Halani was fought in 1783 between the Baloch tribe of Talpurs and the Sindhi tribe of Kalhora near Halani village for the control of the Sindh region, in modern-day Pakistan. The Talpurs, led by Mir Fateh Ali Khan Talpur, won the battle over Mian Abdul Nabi Kalhoro of the Kalhora dynasty, and established the Talpur dynasty.
The Princely States of Pakistan were princely states of the British Indian Empire which acceded to the new Dominion of Pakistan between 1947 and 1948, following the partition of British India and its independence.
The Faiz Mahal is a palace in Khairpur, Sindh, Pakistan.
Mehrano Wildlife Sanctuary is situated in Khairpur District of Pakistan province of Sindh an enhanced riverine forest privately preserved by the Talpur Mir royal family of Khairpur Princely state with endorsement by the Sindh wildlife department. It comprises agricultural land, forest, and hunting area and is home to various flora and fauna.
George Ali Murad Khan II Talpur is a member of the Talpur dynasty who was the Mir (ruler) of Khairpur from 1947 to 1954. He was also Hon.Lieutenant-Colonel in Pakistan Army. At an age of nine months, Khan was mistakenly shot by his father. Although the bullet passed through his right lung and stomach, he survived. Ascending to the throne after his father's removal from power, he chose to accede to the Dominion of Pakistan in the same year and was invested with full powers by Liaquat Ali Khan in 1951. Three years later, the state merged with Pakistan, removing Khan's sovereign status. Khan fathered two sons, Abbas Raza Khan and Mehdi Raza Khan and one daughter Zahra from his second wife.
H.H. Mir Ali Nawaz Khan Talpur, commonly known as Mir Ali Nawaz Naz due to his pen name, was a Sindhi poet and prince who served as the 6th ruler of Khairpur State from 1921 until 1935. He was a member of Sohrabani Talpur dynasty.
Mir Faiz Muhammad Khan Talpur, was 7th ruler of Sohrabani Talpur dynasty of Khairpur State from 1935 until 1947.
The Thatta Subah (1593–1737) or Sind State (1737–1843), was a Mughal subah, then a proto-state, and lastly a princely state in the Sindh region of the Indian subcontinent until its annexation by the British in 1843. The name Sind, now obsolete, was once the anglicized name of the state, which was also adopted by the British to refer to its division.
