Sindh is one of the four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the southeast of the country, it is the historical home of the Sindhi people. Sindh is the third largest province of Pakistan by area, and second largest province by population after Punjab. Sindh is bordered by Balochistan province to the west, and Punjab province to the north. Sindh also borders the Indian states of Gujarat and Rajasthan to the east, and Arabian Sea to the south. Sindh's landscape consists mostly of alluvial plains flanking the Indus River, the Thar desert in the eastern portion of the province closest to the border with India, and the Kirthar Mountains in the western part of Sindh.
The Battle of Miani was a battle between forces of the Bombay Army of the British East India company, under Charles Napier and the Baluch 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 Pakistan. This battle eventually led to the capture of parts of Sindh region, first territorial possession by British East India company in what is the modern-day country of Pakistan.
Talpur is a Sindhi speaking Baloch tribe settled in Sindh, Punjab and Balochistan in Pakistan. The tribe established the Talpur dynasty, which ruled between 1783-1843, while a branch of the dynasty ruled until 1955 as the Khairpur princely state.
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. It was established as capital for the Sohrabani branch of the Talpur dynasty, and was established shortly after Talpur ascendency in 1783 as one of several Talpur dominions. Whereas the other Talpur dominions were conquered by the British in 1843, the Khairpur state entered into treaty with the British, thereby maintaining some of its autonomy as a princely state. The last Mir of Khairpur opted to join the new state of Pakistan in 1947, and the dominion was thus made a Princely state of Pakistan, until it was fully amalgamated into West Pakistan in 1955.
Mir Sher Muhammad khan Talpur, popularly known as "The Lion of Sindh", belonged to the Mirpurkhas house of royal Talpurs. He was the son of Mir Ali Murad Talpur, the founder of Mirpurkhas, and was born in 1810. He was the last ruler of Talpurs who fought British General Charles Napier on 24 March 1843 at the battleground of Dubbo to liberate Sindh from British domination; after the Baloch forces lost the battle he and his men armed with muskets retreated into the rural areas where they began insurgencies against the British invaders, in fact it was Charles James Napier who invented the term: "Counter-Insurgency". He is considered as the pioneer of freedom struggle in Sindh. He died on 24 August 1874.
Mir Ali Murad Talpur, known as the Aadil-i-Jang, was the second ruler of the Mankani Talpur state of Mirpurkhas. He founded Mirpurkhas town in 1806 and made it the capital of his state which was founded by his father, Mir Tharo Khan Talpur at Keti Mir Tharo. His state included territories of the present day southeastern Sindh. His son, Mir Sher Muhammad Talpur pioneered the freedom struggle of Sindh after the fall of Hyderabad in February 1843 at the hands of British invaders.
The Talpur dynasty were rulers based in Sindh, in what is now the modern-day Pakistan. Four branches of the dynasty were established following the defeat of the Kalhora dynasty at the Battle of Halani in 1743: one ruled lower Sindh from the city of Hyderabad, another ruled over upper Sindh from the city of Khairpur, a third ruled around the eastern city of Mirpur Khas, and a fourth was based in Tando Muhammad Khan. The Talpurs were ethnically Baloch, and Shia by faith. They ruled from 1783, until 1843, when they were in turn defeated by the British at the Battle of Miani and Battle of Dubbo. The northern Khairpur branch of the Talpur dynasty, however, continued to maintain a degree of sovereignty during British rule as the princely state of Khairpur, whose ruler elected to join the new Dominion of Pakistan in October 1947 as an autonomous region, before being fully amalgamated in the West Pakistan in 1955.
Mir Allahyar Talpur belonged to Mankani branch of the Talpur dynasty, which ruled Southeastern Sindh. He founded the town of Tando Allahyar. Remnants of his clay fort are still of interest to visitors. He "occupies a distinguished place in the annals of Talpur history for his contribution in the field of architecture, art and irrigation in Kachho (Dadu)." His tomb, built in 1731 is in Drigh Bala, along with others of the Talpurs. It features panels with battle scenes and men and women sitting and talking with their attendants.
Mir Shahdad Jo Qubo,, is located in Shahpur Chakar (city) of the Sanghar District, in Sindh Province of southern Pakistan.
Khudabad is a city in Dadu District, Sindh, Pakistan. It served as capital of the Kalhora dynasty between 1719 and 1768, when the capital was shifted to Hyderabad.
Tando Qaiser is a town in Hyderabad District, Pakistan. It is named after 18th-century leader of Nizamani tribe in Sindh, Qaiser Khan Nizamani who founded the village after his son Gulham Ali Nizamani died there whilst Qaiser, his younger brother Aloda and their forces were moving north to their original home of Dera Ghazi Khan in Southern Punjab. Tando means fortified settlement and indicates original settlement founded by Qaiser was a militarily fortified settlement.
Battle of Kachhi was fought between His Highness The Khan of Kalat Mir Abdullah Khan Baloch and Main Noor Mohammad Kalhoro Amir of Sindh to establish their rule in Kachhi.
The Battle of Halani was fought in 1782 between the Baloch tribe Talpurs and the Sindhi tribe Kalhora 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 Kalhoro dynasty, and established the Talpur dynasty.
Mian Sarfraz Kalhoro (Urdu) ميان سرفراز محمد خان کلھوڑو نواب المعروف خدايارخان : was the famous king of the Kalhora Dynasty that ruled Sindh from 1701 to 1783. He was given the title Khudayar Khan by the Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II and is known to have assisted Timur Shah Durrani prior to the Third Battle of Panipat.
The Kalhora dynasty was a Sunni Muslim dynasty based in the region of Sindh of what is now Pakistan. The dynasty ruled Sindh and parts of the Punjab region between 1701 and 1783 from their capital of Khudabad, before shifting to Hyderabad from 1768 onwards. The family line is rooted in the Abbasid Family of Cairo later divided into two branches Daudpota and Kalhora. They were assigned to hold authority by the Mughal Grand Vizier Mirza Ghazi Beg and later formed their own independent dynasty, and they were known as the "Kalhora Nawabs" by the Mughal Emperors.
Shah Ïnayatullah, popularly known as Sufi Shah Inayat Shaheed, Shah Shaheed or Shah Ïnayat of Jhok, sometimes referred as the First Social Reformer of Sindh was a 17th-century Indian Revolutionary from Jhok, Sindh.
Tomb of Tharo Khan is the tomb of Tharo Khan Talpur, located in Mirpur Khas, in Sindh, Pakistan. The tomb is related to the Tombs of Talpur Mirs complex, built in the eighteenth century in the city of Hyderabad. The tombs are of the ruling Talpur Mirs of Sindh.
Naukot Fort is a fortification that was established by Mir Karam Ali Khan Talpur in 1814 It which is situated approximately 64 km in the south of Mirpur Khas town, Sindh. Its location gave it its other common name, "The Gateway to the Thar Desert". It is meant to guard the area against the Rajputs.
Mai Khairi full name Khair-un-Nisa Talpur was one of the principle women architects of Sindh who took part in construction of religious architecture during the Kalhora dynasty and Talpur dynasty in Sindh. Mai Khairi was mother of Mir Fateh Ali Khan Talpur who was a poiner of Talpur dunasty in Sindh. Mai Khairi built many mosques in Sindh. Among those mosques constructed by her, the mosque and madrisa for the religious teachings in the area of Fakir Jo Pirr near Pacco Qillo Hyderabad is her countable heritage of Sindh, Pakistan. This mosque is locally famous as Mai Khairi mosque. According to some accounts, the old construction was demolished and new structure of mosque was built at same location. Mai Khairi also built a mosque at Khudabad II. She is buried in the necropolis of Khudabad II, near Halla a town of Matiari District of Sindh, Pakistan.
