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Muhammad Khan-i-Zaman Khan Tanoli
also known as Khan-i-Zaman Khan, was the ruling
princely state
A princely state (also called native state or Indian state) was a nominally sovereign entity of the British Raj, British Indian Empire that was not directly governed by the British, but rather by an Indian ruler under a form of indirect rule, ...
of Amb from 1907 until his death in 1936 in his region Darband become a biggest trade market of
India
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The son of Nawab
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 Tanol ...
, whom he succeeded in 1907, the Nawab helped the British in carrying out several of the later Black Mountain expeditions to Kala Dhaka/Tor Ghar. In 1926 he sent a force which fought with the Wali of Swat at
Chamla
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He also make a cash contribute of 1 lac in order to built
Islamia College University
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He send food, Artillery, goods and reliance support to ottoman Khalil Pasha but due to alliance with
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as a indian princely state he was unable to take part or alliance with British or as well as Ottoman he remains himself and his army to make quietness in Fall of Bagdad (1917). Nawab had a good relationship with Ottoman Sultan and the extreme support to ottoman empire at a very difficult quite time was very reliable. As well as being a knight commander of the
Order of the Indian Empire
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, the Nawab held the rank of Honorary Major in the
Indian Army
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From his time onwards, the title of 'Nawab' was used in perpetuity by him and his descendants.Governor-General's Orders GGO NO. 51 of 1921, given at Simla, vide section B of the Gazette of India