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Mian Nur Muhammad Kalhoro

d. 1755 · 18th century

Mian Nur Muhammad Kalhoro was the most powerful ruler of the Kalhora dynasty of Sindh, governing from 1719 until his death in 1755. He extended Kalhora control over almost all of the lower Indus valley but had to submit to Nader Shah of Persia in 1739 and later paid tribute to Ahmad Shah Durrani. His reign saw new irrigation canals and the patronage of Sindhi Sufi poets.

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