Mir Faiz Muhammad Khan Talpur II

Faiz Muhammad Khan
Mir Faiz Muhammad Khan Talpur II
Mir of Khairpur
Reign	8 February 1921 – 19 July 1947
Coronation	Faiz Mahal
Predecessor	Mir Ali Nawaz Khan Talpur
Successor	Mir George Ali Murad Khan II Talpur
Born	4 January 1913 Khairpur, Sindh
Died	1954
Spouse	Dulhan Pasha Begum Sahiba
Issue	Mir George Ali Murad Khan II Talpur
House	Talpur
Father	Mir Ali Nawaz Khan Talpur
Religion	Islam
Alma mater	Mayo 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 deposed 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. 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.
2. 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.