Mirpur Khas
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Mirpur Khas ميرپورخاص |
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 Mirpur Khas
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| Coordinates: 25°31′30″N 069°00′57″E / 25.52500°N 69.01583°ECoordinates: 25°31′30″N 069°00′57″E / 25.52500°N 69.01583°E | ||
| Country | Pakistan | |
| Province | Sindh | |
| Government | ||
| • Type | Municipal Committee | |
| • Chairman of Mirpurkhas | Farooq Jameel Durrani | |
| • Vice-Chairman of Mirpurkhas | Fareed Ahmed | |
| Population | ||
| • Estimate (2011) | 612,520 | |
| Time zone | PST (UTC+5) | |
| Calling code | 0233 | |
| Number of towns | 5 | |
Mirpur (Khas) (Urdu: میرپور خاص) is a city in the province of Sindh in Pakistan. It is the capital city of Mirpur Khas District and was the capital of an eponymous princely state. It is the fourth largest city in Sindh province with an estimated population of 488,590 (2009).
Its soil is fertile and the city is known for its horticultural produce and farming, as well as mango cultivation, with hundreds of varieties of mangoes produced each year. Mirpurkha is also growing in I.T Software Education and Business.
Prior to the Islamic conquest of Sindh by the Arabian armies of Muhammad Bin Qasim, the land where Mirpur was situated had a thriving Buddhist settlement known as Kahoo Jo Daro. The remnant stupa still remains and as the armies settled in the area, newer buildings occupied the land and led into massively progressive landscapes. Farming became known to people and horticulture and cotton fields blossomed.
In 1806, the Mankani Talpurs, who founded their own princely state in the region in 1801, shifted their capital from Keti Mir Tharo and laid foundations for Mirpur Khas under the founding leadership of Tharo Khan ibn Morad `Ali, alias Mir Ali Murad Talpur (1801 - 1829). His dynasty ruled from the now eponymous capital Mirpur, styled Mir.
Shir Mohammad ibn Tharo alias Mir Sher Muhammad Talpur (1829 - 12 February 1843)) succeeded Mir Ali Murad and built a fort when declared the ruler of the state. He would run a kutchery from within the fort. Mirpur(khas) remained the capital of the Talpur Mirs of Mirpurkhas until 1843, when Sindh was annexed to British India under the East India Company. When Charles James Napier attacked Sindh, Mir Sher Muhammad Talpur was the last Talpur ruler to face the British on 24 March 1843 at the battleground of Dubbo. His battle for the liberation of Sindh has rendered him the title of 'the lion of Sindh'. The kutchery in the fort now has a tablet embedded at the entrance reading, "The fort within which this building stands was residence of Mir Sher Muhammad Khan, the Lion of Sind."Zahid Randhawa
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