Ali Murad Khan II of Khairpur

George Ali Murad Khan II (; born 29 June 1933) is a member of the Talpur dynasty and has been the Mir of Khairpur since 19 July 1947. He is also an honorary Lieutenant-Colonel in the Pakistan Army.

Early life, family, and education Khan was born on 29 June 1933 at Brighton in England to Faiz Muhammad Khan Talpur II and his wife Dulhan Pasha Begum who was a daughter of Moin-ud-Daula. When he was just nine months old, Khan survived an accidental shooting by his father, in which a bullet penetrated his stomach and right lung and exited through the back of his right shoulder. Khan married twice. He married firstly in 1958 to Ghulam Saddiquah Begum, a daughter of Sadiq Muhammad Khan Abbasi V. The two divorced afterwards. Ayla died on 7 February 2019.

Reign Khan's father Faiz Muhammad Khan II was declared mentally unfit and deposed by the British on 19 July 1947.

On 4 August 1947, the state government issued a notification declaring that 15 August would be celebrated as the state's Independence Day. on 3 October, Mir Ghulam Hussain Khan, one of the regents, signed an instrument of accession on behalf of Khan, acceding the state to the Dominion of Pakistan. It thus became one of the first two princely states of Pakistan.

The Government of Khairpur Act, 1949, initiated quasi-democratic reforms and established a 15-member legislative assembly composed of local representatives, making Khairpur one of the first two princely states of Pakistan (the other one being Bahawalpur) with universal adult franchise. But democratic ideals failed to develop,

The Government of Khairpur Act was passed in 1953, despite the strong reservations of Khan, converting Khairpur into a province and consolidating further powers in the hands of a centrally appointed chief-minister. Finally, having come to believe a merger was inevitable, the state assembly passed a resolution to unite with the Dominion of Pakistan on 10 November 1954. Ten days later, Khan signed a merger agreement with Pakistan. This ended Khan's status as a sovereign.