Khairpur (princely state)

State of Khairpur
Princely State of British India, later West Pakistan
c. 1853–1955
Flag of Khairpur
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Location of the former princely state of Khairpur
Area 
• 
15,730 km2 (6,070 sq mi)
History 
• Established
c. 1853
• merged into West Pakistan
30 September 1955
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Kalhora dynasty
West Pakistan
Today part ofPakistan
* Sindh
Local Government Department of Sindh

The State of Khairpur (also transliterated as Khayrpur,[1] was a princely state of British India on the Indus River in northern Sindh, modern Pakistan, with its capital city at Khairpur.

  1. ^ "Imperial Gazetteer2 of India, Volume 3, page 336 -- Imperial Gazetteer of India -- Digital South Asia Library". dsal.uchicago.edu. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2011.