Khairpur, the chief town of Khairpur state, in Sind, stands among marshes about 15 miles E. of the Indus. It was once a very important city. Pop. 7000.—Area of state, 6109 sq. m.; pop. (1891) 131,937, mostly Mohammedans.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 6: Humber to Malta, p. 420
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