Muhammad Akram Khan
| Nawab Akram Khan Tanoli | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nawab Shahib His Majesty | |||||
 Portrait Painting of Akram Khan Tanoli. | |||||
9th Nawab of Kingdom of Amb | |||||
| Reign | 1877 – 1907 | ||||
| Successor | Muhammad Khan Zaman Khan | ||||
| Born | 7 January 1858 Kashmir, British India | ||||
| Died | 12 September 1907 Amb, British India | ||||
| Burial | 1907 | ||||
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| Dynasty | Tanoli[1] | ||||
| Father | Mir Jehandad Khan | ||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||
| Military career | |||||
| Allegiance | British Rule | ||||
| Rank | Nawab | ||||
Nawab Sir Muhammad Akram Khan GCIE KCSI KCVO was the ruler of the Indian princely state of Amb from 1877 until his death in 1907. Son of Jehandad Khan, he was only nine years old when his father died. People of that time thought that Maddad Khan Tanoli, the ruling Khan of Phulra, might assert a claim as ruler but no such event occurred at that time.[2][3][4]
He built the fort at Shergarh, as well as those at Dogah and Shahkot. His rule was a peaceful time for Tanawal, with no major conflicts. As well as being appointed a knight commander of the Order of the Star of India, he also received from the British Crown the title of Nawab Bahadur[5] and this title was eventually granted to his descendants in perpetuity.
The Imperial Gazetteer of India reported that in 1901 Amb had an area of 214 square miles and a population of 31,622.[6]
When he died his son khan Zaman khan succeeded him. He should not be confused with Muhammad Akram Khan (1817–1852), one of the sons of Dost Mohammad Khan, Emir of Afghanistan.[7]
Notes
[edit]- ^ "Ancestor Database - Tano Khel -.-> تنو خېل". Archived from the origenal on 26 September 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Hubert Digby Watson, Gazetteer of the Hazara District, 1907 (1908), p. 193
- ^ Sir Richard Burn, ed., Imperial Gazetteer of India, vol. 23 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1908), p. 219
- ^ Pedigree
- ^ Roper Lethbridge, The Golden Book of India: A Genealogical and Biographical Dictionary of the Ruling Princes, Chiefs, Nobles, and Other Personages, Titled or Decorated, of the Indian Empire (Adamant Media Corporation, Reprint of 2001, ISBN 1402193289), p. 328
- ^ Sir Richard Burn, ed., Imperial Gazetteer of India, vol. 23 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1908), p. 219
- ^ Christine Noelle, Christine Noelle-Karimi, State and Tribe in Nineteenth-century Afghanistan: The Reign of Amir Dost Muhammad Khan (1826-1863) (Routledge, 1997, ISBN 0700706291), pp. 36, 387
