Mir Faiz Muhammad Khan Talpur (; 4 January 1913 – 1954), was 7th ruler of Sohrabani

Talpur dynasty The Talpur dynasty () was a Baloch people in Sindh, Baloch dynasty that ruled the Sind State (present-day Sindh, Pakistan) after overthrowing the Kalhora dynasty in 1783 until British conquest of Sindh in 1843. A branch of the family continued ...

Khairpur 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. History Khairpur was established by the Talpur dynasty in 1 ...

from 1935 until 1947.

Biography

He was born on 4 January 1913 to Mir Ali Nawaz Khan Talpur. He was educated at Mayo College in

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. He succeeded to the Gaddi on the death of his father on 25 December 1935 and was crowned at

Faiz Mahal The Faiz Mahal (; ) is a palace in Khairpur, Sindh, Pakistan. History It was built by Mir Sohrab Khan in 1798 as the principal building serving as the sovereign's court for the royal palace complex of Talpur monarchs of the Khairpur dynasty. ...

Khairpur Khairpur ( Sindhi, ) is a city and the capital of the Khairpur Mirs District of Pakistan's Sindh province. History The Talpur dynasty was established in 1783 by Mir Fateh Ali Khan, who declared himself the first ''Rais'', or ruler of Sindh, a ...

. He married Dulhan Pasha Begum, daughter of Nawab Moin-Ud-Daula Bahadur Amir-e-Paigah member of the House Paigah at

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in 1932. He was dethroned by the British on 19 July 1947, due to being mentally unfit and was succeeded by his only son, Mir George Ali Murad Khan. He died in 1954.

References

People from the Talpur dynasty domains 1913 births 1954 deaths Dethroned monarchs {{Improve categories, date=July 2022