Due to its salient rotor structure, switched reluctance motor resembles axial flow pump when the rotor poles are skewed. The purpose of this research is to investigate the feasibility of such a switched reluctance motor-pump. In order to preserve the functions of a switched reluctance motor, both the stator and the rotor poles are skewed with the same angle, and the angle is determined from the desired flow-rate. Also, the shape of the rotor is redesigned in order for larger fluid flow. Since the fluid must pass through the rotor, the motor can not have any shaft position sensor. Therefore, a shaft position sensorless control strategy must be used for motor control. In addition to the theoretical and simulation analysis, experiments were also performed to verify the proposed motor-pump and the control strategy.