Sindh: Karachi, Hyderabad, Sukkur and Larkana
Karachi, Hyderabad, Sukkur, Larkana, Nawabshah, Mirpur Khas. Which empire held this ground in which years — and, the part that matters, which archive that means.
Whose archive this ground was
| Years | Who held it | Whose archive that means |
|---|---|---|
| 1500–1591 | Before registers. | no registers survive Before registers. |
| 1591–1701 | Mughal Empire - Sindh, capital Thatta | no registers survive Akbar's army conquered Sindh from the Tarkhan dynasty in 1591 (one date given is 1593). Thatta was the provincial capital. |
| 1701–1783 | Kalhora dynasty | no registers survive The Kalhora dynasty ruled Sindh from 1701 to 1783. |
| 1783–1843 | Talpur dynasty | no registers survive The Talpur dynasty ruled from 1783 to the British conquest of 1843. |
| 1843–1858 | East India Company: Sindh annexed | National Archives of India · FIBIS — Families in British India Society · FamilySearch The British conquered Sindh in 1843 after the battles of Miani and Dubba and the Battle of Hyderabad, and annexed it. |
| 1858–1936 | British Raj: Sind in the Bombay Presidency | FIBIS — Families in British India Society · Findmypast · FamilySearch Sind formed part of the Bombay Presidency, and its separation as a province did not come until 1936. |
| 1936–1947 | British Raj: the Province of Sind | FIBIS — Families in British India Society · Findmypast · FamilySearch Sind became a separate province on 1 April 1936. |
| 1947–1955 | Pakistan - Sindh | FamilySearch · The 1947 Partition Archive Sindh became part of Pakistan in 1947. |
| 1955–2026 | Pakistan - Sindh province | FamilySearch Khairpur was fully amalgamated into West Pakistan in 1955; Balochistan was re-created as a province in 1970. |
The rings are approximate — deliberately. They exist to shade which filing system a place fell under, not to adjudicate a border. A place near a ring's edge should be checked against both neighbours.
See the whole span, 1500–2026, on the map →
The map takes a range, and a range that crosses one of the rows above is where records get lost: the family never moved, and the archive on the far side of the handover will tell you it holds nothing.