OBITUARY: The last living link to Khairpur’s princely past

THE significance of Mir Geo­rge Ali Murad Khan Talpur II, the last ruler of the former princely state of Khairpur who died on Oct 5, lies in more than just having witnessed the disappearance of a world. In Khairpur’s final years, he presided over an experiment in representative government and social development that deserves to be remembered. Born in Brighton on June 29, 1933, the eighth Talpur ruler of Khairpur was named George after King George V, whom his father, Mir Faiz, admired. In 1944, his father suffered a breakdown and the state was then run by the British Resident with the aid of…