Khayrpur (princely state)

State of Khayrpur
This article is part of the series: Historical regions of Pakistan
Capital	Khayrpur
Area	15,730 km²
Main language(s)	Sindhi or Saraiki
Established	1775
Abolished	14th October 1955
Historic regions of Pakistan
Original Provinces Baluchistan East Bengal Federal Capital Territory North West Frontier Province Sind West Punjab One-Unit Provinces East Pakistan West Pakistan	Former States Amb Bahawalpur Chitral Dir Hunza Kalat Khairpur Kharan Las Bela Makran Nagar Phulra Swat
Other subdivisions Baluchistan States Union Gilgit Agency Trans-Karakoram Tract Divisions of Pakistan
Local Government Department of Sindh

This article is about the former State of Khayrpur. For other uses, see Khairpur.

The State of Khayrpur was a princely state on the Indus River in what is now Pakistan, with its capital city at Khayrpur. Together with Bahawalpur, the state was counted amongst the Punjab states rather than the neighbouring Rajputana states (now Rajasthan) to the east.

History

The state was founded in 1775 by Sohrab Khan of a junior branch of the ruling Talpur clan of the state of Sindh. After almost two centuries of varying degrees of independence, the state became part of Pakistan in 1947 and was merged into the province of West Pakistan on 14th October 1955. When that province was dissolved in 1970, the former state of Khayrpur became part of the new province of Sind (later changed to Sindh).

Government

The form of government was traditional monarchy. However, in 1950 the Mir Ali Murad II introduced democracy with universal adult franchise. The rulers of Khayrpur were styled as Amir - thus the correct title of the state was the Emirate of Khayrpur. 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.

See also

• Princely States
• Khairpur
• Historical regions of Pakistan

References

• Local Government Department of Sindh
• Government of Pakistan
• Khairpur Heritage and Welfare Trust

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