Nawab Jehandad Khan Tanoli was a chief of Tanoli tribe in the Hazara region of the North-West Frontier of

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and

Nawab Nawab (Balochi language, Balochi: نواب; ar, نواب; bn, নবাব/নওয়াব; hi, नवाब; Punjabi language, Punjabi : ਨਵਾਬ; Persian language, Persian, Punjabi language, Punjabi , Sindhi language, Sindhi, Urd ...

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. Jehandad Khan Tanoli was the son 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 ...

, a fighter against the

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. He became the ruler of Amb on the death of his father in 1844.

Life

Jehandad Khan was the son of

. Jehandad Khan became the ruler of Amb on the death of his father in 1844. It was said, "Of all the tribal chiefs of Hazara, the most powerful assaid to be Jehandad Khan of the Tanoli.". His territories lay on both banks of the

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, and Jehandad Khan was highly respected among his peoples as the son of Painda Khan. In the words of Major J. Abbott As far as Jehandad Khan's domain of Upper Tanawal is concerned, with its capital at Amb, the term ''jagir'' has never been applicable to it. The British Government considered "Upper Tannowul" as a chiefship held under the British Government, but as a rule they did not possess internal jurisdiction within it. The Chief managed his own people in his own way, without regard to the laws, rules or systems of

. This tenure resembled that of the Chiefs of Patiala, Jhind, Nabha, Kapurthala, and others. In 1852, Jehandad Khan was ordered by the President of the Board of Administration, who was visiting Hazara to see him at Haripur about the murder of two British officers, Carne and Tapp of the Salt Department, who had been killed in the country of Jehandad Khan in 1851. When the President ordered the Khan to give up the murderers or else suffer the consequences, the Khan is reported to have replied "We should consider your presence in our kingdom an honour, but our country is a rather difficult one for your army." However, for all his public bravado, the Khan recognised his limitations and in private protested his innocence to the British administrators, and was eventually cleared of the charges. In due course, Mir Jehandad Khan was granted the personal and temporary title of 'Nawab', which in succeeding generations was to be granted to the family in perpetuity. When he died, the Khan left a nine-year-old son,

Muhammad Akram Khan Nawab Sir Muhammad Akram Khan 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, ...

, who succeeded him.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Khan, Mir Jehandad Hindkowan people History of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Nawabs of Amb Princely rulers of Pakistan Nawabs of Pakistan 1868 deaths 1820 births