Mir Sher Muhammad Talpur
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Mir Sher Muhammad Talpur | |
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Emir of Talpur dynasty | |
Born | 1810 Mirpur Khas, Sindh |
Died | August 24, 1874 | (aged 63–64)
House | Talpur dynasty |
Mir Sher Muhammad khan Talpur, belonged to the Mirpurkhas house of royal Talpurs. He was the son of Mir Ali Murad Talpur, the founder of Mirpurkhas, and was born in 1810. He was the last ruler of Talpurs who fought British General Charles Napier on 24 March 1843 at the battleground of Dubbo to liberate Sindh from British domination; after the Baloch forces lost the battle he and his men armed with muskets retreated into the rural areas where they began insurgencies against the British invaders, in fact it was Charles James Napier who invented the term: "Counterinsurgency". He is considered[by whom?] as the pioneer of freedom struggle in Sindh. He died on 24 August 1874.
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- Talpur, Parveen (2002). Talpur Rule in Sindh. Karachi, Sindh Province, Pakistan: Ferozsons (Pvt) Ltd. ISBN 9690017578.
- Pathan, Mumtaz Husain (2017). Talpurs in Sindh, 1783-1843. Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan: Endowment Fund Trust for Preservation of the Heritage of Sindh. ISBN 978-969-9860-11-9.