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'''Painda Khan Tanoli''' was a powerful chief and warrior in [[Amb (princely state)|Tanawal]] area of [[North-West Frontier Province (1901–1955)|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, Pakistan|Amb]],<ref name="North-West Frontier Province p. 138">''The Gazetteer of North-West Frontier Province'', p. 138</ref> with its twin capitals of Amb and Darband.

He played a considerable part in fighting the [[Sikh Empire]] and [[Durrani Empire|Afghan empire]] of the region.<ref>
Richard Burns, ed. [[Imperial Gazetteer of India]], vol. 23 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1908), [https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V23_225.gif p. 219]</ref>
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| name = Painde Khan Tanoli
| title = [[Nawab]]<br>[[Dewan]] of [[Hazara, Pakistan|Hazara]]<br>Ghazi-e-Shaheed-e-Din-e-Islam
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| battles = Battle with [[Durrani]]
*[[Sikh Empire]], [[Ranjit Singh]], [[Hari Singh Nalwa]], [[Battle of Nowshera]]
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| caption = Portrait picture of Painde khan in war dress (Imaginary photo)
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| succession =[[File:Flag_of_the_State_of_Amb.svg|25px]]7th [[Dewan]] of [[Hazara, Pakistan|Hazara]]
of [[Nawab of Amb|Kingdom of Amb]]
| reign =1818 - 1844
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| successor =[[Mir Jehandad Khan]]
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| full name = Khan Bahadur Painde Khan Tanoli
| house = [[Barlas]]
| house-type = Dynasty
| father = [[Mir Nawab Khan Tanoli]]
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1805|5|06|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Amb, Pakistan|Amb]], [[Durrani Empire]] <br> {{small|(present-day [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]], [[Pakistan]])}}
| death_date = {{Death date|1844|9|012|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Haripur, Pakistan|Haripur]], [[Sikh Empire]] <br> {{small|(present-day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan)}}
| burial_date =1844
| burial_place = [[Darband, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]]
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The son of Nawab Khan, from about 1813, Painda Khan began the series of rebellions against the Sikhs which continued throughout his lifetime. To combat Khan, Maharaja [[Ranjit Singh]], sent [[Hari Singh Nalwa]] to [[Hazara, Pakistan|Hazara]] as governor, and Singh created a number of forts at strategic locations. Painda Khan became famed for his rebellion against Singh. Painda Khan's rebellion against the Sikh empire cost him much of his kingdom, leaving only the tract around [[Amb, Pakistan|Amb]],<ref name="North-West Frontier Province p. 138"/> with its twin capitals of Amb and Darband.

In 1828, Painda Khan gave the territory of [[Phulra]] as an independent Khanate to his brother [[Maddad Khan Tanoli]]. This was later recognised by the British as a self-governing [[princely state]].

Painda Khan also took over the valley of [[Agror]] in 1834. The [[Swati (Pashtun tribe)|Swati]]s appealed to Sardar Hari Singh, who was unable to help them, but in 1841<ref>Charles Francis Massy, ''Chiefs and families of note in the Delhi, Jalandhar, Peshawar and Derajat'', p. 435</ref> Hari Singh's successor restored Agror to Atta Muhammad, a descendant of Mullah or Akhund Sad-ud-din.<ref>[[Imperial Gazetteer of India]], vol. 5, p. 92.</ref>

[[James Abbott (Indian Army officer)|James Abbott]], British deputy commissioner at Hazara in 1851<ref>The Abbott from whom the administrative capital of [[Abbottabad]] takes its name</ref> commented that {{quote|"During the first period of Painda Khan's career, he was far too vigorous and powerful to be molested by any neighbouring tribe, and when he began to fail before the armies and purse of the Sikh Government, he was interested in keeping upon the best terms with his northern neighbours of the Black Mountains to whom he allowed the privilege of pasture in the small Tupa of Turrowra."<ref name=collection>''A Collection of Papers relating to the History, Status and Powers of the Nawab of Amb'' (Punjab Secretariat, 1874), p. 58</ref>}}

Abbott further described Painda Khan as "a Chief renowned on the Border, a wild and energetic man who was never subjugated by the Sikhs".<ref name=collection/>

General Dhaurikal Singh, commanding officer of the Sikh troops in Hazara, ordered Painda Khan to be poisoned in September 1844,<ref name="panjabdigilib.org">[http://www.panjabdigilib.org/webuser/searches/displayPageContent.jsp Panjab On the Eve of the First Sikh War, p.452]</ref> and this resulted in Painda Khan's death.<ref name="panjabdigilib.org"/> He was succeeded by his son [[Mir Jehandad Khan|Jehandad Khan]].

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