Khairpur

Khairpur is a city and the capital of the Khairpur Mirs District of Pakistan's Sindh province. Its history is tied to the Talpur dynasty: Mir Sohrab Khan Talpur founded the Khairpur branch, and after the British stripped Mir Ali Murad of his lands in upper Sindh in the early 1850s, the territory under his control consisted mostly of Khairpur city and its surroundings. The British promised in 1866 to recognise his successors as rightful rulers. The 2023 census counted 191,044 people, nearly all Sindhi speakers. Khairpur has a hot arid climate and was described as the hottest city in British India, with summer temperatures that regularly surpass 50 degrees Celsius.