Ali Murad Khan | |||||
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Mir | |||||
8th Mir of Khairpur | |||||
Reign | 24 July 1947 – 10 November 1954 | ||||
Coronation | Faiz Mahal | ||||
Predecessor | Mir Faiz Muhammad Khan Talpur II | ||||
Successor | Monarchy abolished | ||||
Born | George Ali Murad Khan 29 June 1933 Brighton, Sussex, United Kingdom | ||||
Begum | Saddiquah Begum Alya Talpur | ||||
Issue | 3 | ||||
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House | Talpur | ||||
Father | Mir Faiz Muhammad Khan Talpur II | ||||
Mother | Dulhan Pasha Begum | ||||
Religion | Islam |
George Ali Murad Khan II Talpur (Sindhi: جارج علي مراد خان; born 29 June 1933) 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.