Muhammad Akram Khan

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Nawab Sir Muhammad Akram Khan GCIE KCVO KCSI was the ruler of the Indian princely state of Amb from 1877 until his death in 1907 the son of Jehandad Khan, he was only nine years old when his father died. People of that time think that Maddad Khan Tanoli, the ruling Khan of Phulra, might assert a claim but it was nothing happens at that time.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Nawab Akram Khan Tanoli

Nawab
Nawab Shahib

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, Pakistan

Died

12 September 1907
Amb, Pakistan

Burial

1907

Darband, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Names
Nawab Sir Muhammad Akram Khan Tanoli

Dynasty

Barlas

Father

Mir Jehandad Khan

Religion

Sunni Islam

Military career

Allegiance

British Rule

Rank

Nawab

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^[4] and this title was eventually granted to his descendants in perpetuity.

Muhammad Akram Khan Tanoli with Maddad Khan Tanoli his grandfather (brother of Mir Painda Khan Tanoli) photo was captured in 1888 when Nawab Akram Khan was 18 years old.

The Imperial Gazetteer of India reported that in 1901 Amb had an area of 214 square miles and a population of 31,622.^[5]

Mohammad Ismail Khan, son of Mohammad Akram Khan, at the Delhi Durbar, 1911

Shergarh, the summer residence of the Nawab of Amb

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.^[6]

Notes[edit]

^ 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

[1] Hubert Digby Watson, Gazetteer of the Hazara District, 1907 (1908), p. 193

[2] Sir Richard Burn, ed., Imperial Gazetteer of India, vol. 23 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1908), p. 219

[3] Pedigree

[4] 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

[5] Sir Richard Burn, ed., Imperial Gazetteer of India, vol. 23 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1908), p. 219

[6] 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

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