Maddad Khan Tanoli was the younger brother of
Mir Painda Khan
Painda Khan Tanoli was a powerful chief and warrior in Tanawal area of North-West Frontier region of India. Painda Khan's rebellion against the Sikh empire cost him much of his kingdom, leaving only the tract around Amb,''The Gazetteer of Nort ...
. He played a considerable part in fighting the
Sikh Empire
The Sikh Empire was a state originating in the Indian subcontinent, formed under the leadership of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, who established an empire based in the Punjab. The empire existed from 1799, when Maharaja Ranjit Singh captured Lahor ...
with his brother
Painda Khan. His brother Painda Khan gifted him land as
Jagirdar.
His one of descendant Atta Muhammad Khan Tanoli who was the grandson of Abdullah Khan Tanoli make a princely state as the name of
Phulra
, subdivision = Princely state
, nation = Pakistan
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, capital ...
in 1919. One of his grandson
Safiullah khan Tanoli who was the son of Hussain Khan Tanoli played a ministry role in Amb state as with
Nawab Khan zaman Khan Tanoli and then his successor
Muhammad Farid Khan
Nawab Sir Muhammad Farid Khan Tanoli, , was the last ruling Nawab of the princely state of Amb, from 1936 till 1969. In 1947 he acceded his state to the Dominion of Pakistan.
A small state in a subsidiary alliance with British India, in 19 ...
Tanoli.
[''Military Career and books in Amb state Volume.'']
References
Hindkowan people
1819 births
1888 deaths
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