The Talpur dynasty (Urdu: سلسله تالپور) (Balochi: ٽالپور خاندان) was a dynasty of the Talpur tribe that conquered and ruled Sindh, and other parts of present-day Pakistan, from 1783 to 1843.The Talpur dynasty was defeated by the British invaders in 1843 at the Battle of Miani.
The Kalhora, Talpuri Tribes.—Kalhora and Talpuri are tribes of celebrity in Sind, the first having furnished the late, and the other its present, dynasty of rulers ; and though the one has dared to deduce its origin from the Abbasides of Persia, and the other has even to descent from the Baloch Hooth. The Talpuris, who have their name from the town (pura) of palms (tal or tar), are said to amount to onefourth of the population of Lori or Little Sind, which misnomer they affix to the dominion of Haidarabad. There are none in the thal
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