Mirpur Khas
city in Sindh, Pakistan
Mirpur Khas (Sindhi and Urdu: میرپور خاص, lit. 'Town of the most-high Mirs') is a city in Sindh province, Pakistan. The city was built by the Talpur rulers of Mankani branch. According to the 2017 Census of Pakistan, its population was 205,913.
Mirpur Khas is known for its mango cultivation, with hundreds of varieties of the fruit produced each year - it is also called the "City of Mangoes," and has been home to an annual mango festival since 1955. After the completion of Hyderabad-Mirpurkhas dual carriage way, the city has become a hub of commercial activities.
History
Early
The Mirpur Khas region has been inhabited for millennia, as evidenced by the excavation of the Buddhist-era settlement of Kahoo Jo Daro and various hindu temples.The remnants of them still remain. The famous
Bronze of hindu believed god brahma from gupta dynasty (5th or 6th century bronze) has been excavated from here It is the earliest known metallic image of Brahma, and the only known representative of the school it represents. It has been described as "an immense artistic creation" of the Gupta period.
In 712 CE, the region was conquered by the armies of Muhammad Bin Qasim.
Founding
The Talpur dynasty conquered Sindh in 1784, and under Mir Fath Ali Khan, Sindh was divided into three smaller regions to be ruled by members of the Talpur family.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Mirpur Khas” as city in Sindh, Pakistan. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 22, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1020490. VIAF identifies the subject as 146646987. The Library of Congress control number is n85155192. Authority coordinates are 25.527, 69.011. 2 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2017, 1955 and 1784.
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