Khairpur (princely state)

Khairpur was established by the Talpur dynasty of the Balochs in 1783. Conquered by the British in 1843 following the Battle of Miani, Mir Sher Muhammad Talpur eventually gave up attempts to regain control of the area after a decade and entered into treaty with the British, thereby maintaining some 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. haveli was one of several palaces used by the Khaipur Talpur Mirs. == List of rulers ==

The Mir George Ali Murad Khan Talpur was the last ruler of dynasty defeated by the Charles James Napier in 1843 at the Battle of Miani. == Demographics ==

The princely state of Khairpur had a population of 227,183 in 1931 of whom 186,577 (83%) were Muslim, 39,894 (17%) were Hindu with people of other religions numbering 712. Hindus were mostly concentrated in the Nara taluk in the east while there were present in substantial numbers in the urban areas of Gambat and Raipur due to migrations. Half the population of Khairpur town was Hindu. Nearly two-thirds of the princely state's population lived on agriculture. ==See also==