Mir Faiz Muhammad Khan Talpur II

Faiz Muhammad Khan
Mir Faiz Muhammad Khan Talpur II
Mir of Khairpur
Reign8 February 1921 – 19 July 1947
CoronationFaiz Mahal
PredecessorMir Ali Nawaz Khan Talpur
SuccessorMir George Ali Murad Khan II Talpur
Born4 January 1913
Khairpur, Sindh, British Raj
Died1954
SpousePrincess Fareed-un-Nisa Paigah
IssueMir George Ali Murad Khan II Talpur
HouseTalpur
FatherMir Ali Nawaz Khan Talpur
ReligionIslam
Alma materMayo College

Mir Faiz Muhammad Khan Talpur (Sindhi: مير فيض محمد خان ٽالپر; 4 January 1913 – 1954), was 7th ruler of Sohrabani Talpur dynasty of Khairpur State from 1935 until 1947.[1]

Biography

He was born on 4 January 1913 to Mir Ali Nawaz Khan Talpur.[1][2] He was educated at Mayo College in Ajmer.[1][2][3][4] He succeeded to the Gaddi on the death of his father on 25 December 1935 and was crowned at Faiz Mahal in Khairpur.[1] He married Dulhan Pasha Begum, daughter of Nawab Moin-Ud-Daula Bahadur Amir-e-Paigah member of the House Paigah at Hyderabad in 1932.[2] 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.[5] He died in 1954.

References

  1. ^ a b c d The statesman's year-book : statistical and historical annual of the states of the world for the year 1947. S. H. Steinberg, Palgrave Connect (84th annual publication, rev. after official returns ed.). London: Macmillan. 1947. ISBN 978-0-230-27076-3. OCLC 609408201. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)CS1 maint: others (link)
  2. ^ a b c Memoranda on the Indian States. India: Manager of Publications. 1939.
  3. ^ Reed, Sir Stanley (1945). The Times of India directory and year book, including who's who. Bombay: Bennett Coleman and Co. Ltd.
  4. ^ List Of Ruling Princes And Chiefs In Political Relations With The Government Of Bombay And Their Leading Officials Nobles And Personages. India: Government of India, Central Publication Branch. 1931.
  5. ^ "The boy prince (1947) ‹ The Friday Times". 2017-03-03. Archived from the original on 3 March 2017. Retrieved 2022-05-06.