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Faqir Qadir Bukhsh Ja Quba, the graveyard of the Talpur dynasty is a worst example of man-made disaster and government's apathy. In the wake of public's wreckless attitude towards these historic monuments, nature's share for the whole disaster and deterioration seems negligible. It is situated 16 miles south of Rohri in Akhbarpur Jagir (District Sukkur). It spreads over 35 acres. The graves was built in 1825, or some years later, by Mir Sohrab Talpur, the founder of Khairpur state and the principal grave inside the necropolis belongs to Mir Sohrab Khan himself. He captured the territory by defeating the last Kalhora ruler Mian Abdul Nabi in the infamous Halani war in 1783. Mir Sohrab sustained a grave sword injury on his face during the war. However, he survived and ruled Khairpur state for 27 years. Before his accidental death in 1830 (at the age of 90), he stepped down as king after installing his son, Mir Rustom Khan as his successor. Mir Rustom's grave is also situate next to his father, who died in 1870 in puna during his incarceration. According to available facts, Mir Sohrab had acquired a piece of land from Faqir Qadir Bukhsh Panhwar in Deh Akhbarpura, Tapa Kandhera, which presently falls in Tehsil Rohri, District Sukkur. The land was reserved for the graves of Talpur family which, afterwards became the ancestral graveyard of the Talpurs but was named after the Faqir. People of Khairpur or elsewhere still calls it as 'Qadir Bukhsh Ja Kuba'.

[Source: Khairpur Jewel & Crown of Sindh by Momin Bullo | Coordinates: EFT]

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