Khairpur’s last ruler Talpur laid to rest

"But now I believe he will be happy because he always considered life an imprisonment of the soul."Allama Shehansha Naqvi, who led the Namaz-e-Janaza, remarked that an important chapter in the history of Khairpur had closed with his death.

"One of his messages was that it is possible for people to remain divinely connected with the Almighty even if they possess a lot of wealth," he said.Born on June 29, 1933, in Brighton, England, he was named after King George V.

Talpur later attended St Bonaventure's High School in Hyderabad and graduated from Aitchison College, Lahore, before leaving for the UK in 1950 to pursue higher studies at Cambridge University.Talpur was enthroned in July 1947 as Khairpur's ruler while he was still a minor and his father, Faiz Muhammad Khan Talpur, was alive, on the recommendation of George Mountbatten.

He signed an accession agreement with the provincial govt, headed by the then CM Mir Ghulam Hussain Khan Talpur, on October 3, 1947.

Six days later, on October 9, 1947, Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah signed the accession.However, his state retained its authority and even its own army.

The military powers of the state were handed over to Pakistan following an agreement in February 1949.Under the deceased prince, Khairpur's status gradually changed from a semi-controlled to a fully administered province until November 10, 1954, when Khairpur's provincial assembly passed a resolution merging itself with Pakistan.

Ten days later, Talpur's status as an independent ruler was abolished.His family resides in Khairpur's Faiz Mahal, a late-18th-century palace built in 1798 by his forefather, Mir Sohrab Khan Talpur.

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