Khanate of Amb (Tanawal)
 
 
Amb was originally known as Tanawal and was the tribal homeland of the Tanoli people. The Nawabs of the Tanolis were best known for fighting against the Sikhs under Ranjit Singh. Prior to this, Tanawal was also a part of Pakhal Sarkar, which was ruled by Turks for centuries. The last Turk ruler of Hazara (Pakhal Sarkar) was Sultan Mehmud Khurd and his brother Sultan Qias-ud-Din Khan was the last Turk Wa'ali (Governor) of Tanawal. When the Tanolis overthrew the Turks, they also gained strength and established their rule in upper Tanawal and a portion of lower Tanawal as well. Thus was the beginning of Amb State around the end of 18th century. Descendants of Sultan Qias-ud-Din, however, managed to retain certain lands in lower Tanawel and assumed the title of Raja after establishing a Jagir. They still live in village Behali in Mansehra District. The Nawabs later established Amb as a princely state, ranking as a non-salute state under the British Raj (area: 699 km 2). In 1947 the Nawab of Amb, Mohammad Farid Khan, acceded to Pakistan. In 1969, the state was incorporated into the North-West Frontier Province and in 1971 the royal status of the Nawab was abolished by the Government of Pakistan. The construction of the Tarbela Dam across the Indus River in the early 1970s resulted in much of Amb state being submerged by the reservoir. Area: 585 kmē. Capital: Darband and Shergarh as summer residence. Languages: Hindko and Pashto.
 

            ....           Tanawal State, commonly known as Amb, founded.
            1948           Under Pakistani suzerainty.
     28 Jul 1969           Incorporated into Pakistan.
            1973           Royalty extinguished.

 
  • The Hephthalites......................................c. 410 - c. 550
  • The Pratiharas........................................c. 550 - 988
  • Bokhara..................................................988 - 999
  • The Ghaznavid Empire.....................................999 - 1148
  • The Ghurid Empire.......................................1148 - 1213
  • Khwarazm................................................1213 - 1220
  • The Mongols.............................................1221 - 1332
  • The Timurids............................................1379 - c. 1472
  • Pakhli (Hazara)......................................c. 1472 - 1703
  • Local Karlugh Turk Walis................................1703 - c. 1790
  • Afghanistan..........................................c. 1790 - c. 1800
  • Under Afghan rule of Taimur Shah (1790-1793) and then Zaman Shah (1793-1801).
  • TANOLI HINDWAL (title Mir; from 1868, Nawab)
  • Haibat Khan................................................? - 1803
  • Hashim Aji Khan.........................................1803 - 18..
  • Nawab Khan..............................................18.. - 1818
  • Chief of the Hindwal sept of the Tanawali tribe, defeated the Durranis, but met his death at the hands of Sardar Azim Khan in 1818.
  • Painda [or Payenda] Khan S/o Nawab Khan.................1818 - 1840
  • Vigorously opposed the Sikhs, but lost all his territory to them, except for the tract around Amb (leaving only his twin capitals Amb and Darband). He is famed for his staunch rebellion against Maharaja Ranjit Singh's Governors of Hazara. Madad Khan, received from his brother, Phulera of 88 sq. kms., in 1828, a small principality to rule, which was later duly recognized as a Princely State in gazette notifications in 1919 and 1921. Ata Muhammed Khan, Khan of Phulera, his descendants live in Mansehra quite destitute due to extensive litigation, and there appears to be no recognized head of this branch of the family.
  • Jahandad Khan S/o Painda Khan...........................1840 - 1858
  • Recovered part of the lost territories with the help of the British Government and the Maharaja of Kashmir.
  • Mohammad Akram Khan S/o Jahandad Khan...................1858 - 1907
  • From 1868 style Nawab Bahadur, title was probably given by British Raj. He received a cash allowance of 500Rs per month and also enjoys a jagir of the annual value of 9,000Rs in the Haripur tahsil of Hazara District. During his tenure that the fort at Shergarh was constructed, along with Dogah and Shahkot Forts. His rule was a peaceful time for Tanawal with no major conflicts.
  • Khan-i-Zaman Khan S/o Mohammad Akram Khan...............1907 - 26 Feb 1936
  • He helped the British in carrying out the Black Mountain (Kala Dhaka/Tur Ghar) expeditions.
  • Mohammad Farid Khan S/o Khan-i-Zaman Khan...............1936 - 28 Jul 1969
  • He remained Nawab of Amb and died in 1971. Saeed Khan became Nawab of Amb from 1971 till his death in 1973, followed by Saeed Khan's elder son Salahuddin Khan from 1973 to date.
 
 
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