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Bahawalpur State (Abbasi Nawabs)

Nawabate of the Abbasi (Daudpotra) dynasty on the right bank of the Sutlej and lower Indus, in the Cholistan desert between Sindh and the Punjab.

Entered a subsidiary alliance with the British in 1833; acceded to Pakistan in 1947 and was merged into West Pakistan in 1955.

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Further reading

• Sadiqnamah (a history of Bahawalpur State) Nazeer Ali Shah · 1959

  Dynastic history of the Abbasi nawabs of Bahawalpur; verified via Open Library.

Sources

• Bahawalpur (princely state) — Wikipedia (lead section, fetched via MediaWiki API 2026-07-23; sovereign 1748, Nawab Bahawal Khan Abbasi, area 45,911 km2, capital Bahawalpur, subsidiary alliance 1833)
• Wikidata Q800236 — inception 1690 (Daudpotra origin)
• WorldStatesmen.org, Indian/Pakistani Princely States — Bahawalpur entry ('1690 Bahawalpur State founded. 13 Sep 1833 British protectorate ... 3 Oct 1947 Bahawalpur accedes to Pakistan') [non-Wikipedia tertiary reference]