Muhammad Khan Zaman Khan

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Nawab Sir Muhammad Khan-i-Zaman Khan Tanoli[1] GCSI KCIE GCMG also known as Khan-i-Zaman Khan, was the ruling Nawab of the princely state of Amb from 1907 until his death in 1936 in his region Darband become a biggest trade market of India.

The son of Nawab Muhammad Akram Khan, 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.[2]

Muhammad Khan Zaman Khan Tanoli (محمد خان زمان خان تنولی)
Nawab
Nawab Shahib
His Honourable Highness
Nawab Sir Khan Zaman Khan of Amb..png
Portrait picture of Nawab Zaman Khan
Flag of the State of Amb.svg 10th Nawab of Kingdom of Amb
Reign1907 – 1936
SuccessorMuhammad Farid Khan
Born(1874-11-06)6 November 1874
Amb, Pakistan
Died(1936-09-012)12 September 1936
Darband, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Burial1936
Darband, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Names
Nawab Sir Muhammad Khan Zaman Khan Tanoli
DynastyBarlas
FatherMuhammad Akram Khan
ReligionSunni Islam
AwardsRoyal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom.svg Knight Grand Commander (GCSI)
Kie.jpg Knight Commander (KCIE)
Order of Saint Michael and Saint George grand cross collar badge (United Kingdom 1870-1900) - Tallinn Museum of Orders.jpg Knight Grand Cross (GCMG)
Military career
AllegianceFlag of the Governor-General of India (1885–1947).svg British Rule
RankFlag of the Governor-General of India (1885–1947).svg Honorary Major General
Battles/warsBattle of Chamla
Fall of Baghdad (1917)
Gallipoli campaign
File:This image was the ruler of Amb State and with the ruler of State of Swat in 1926. During the British Raj on India.jpg
His Highness with his Prime Minister also the ruler of Swat Syed Abdul Jabbar Shah.

He also make a cash contribute of 1 lac in order to built Islamia College University in visionary of Shahibzada Abdul Qayyum Khan. He send food, Artillery, goods and reliance support to ottoman Khalil Pasha but due to alliance with British raj 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, the Nawab held the rank of Honorary Major in the Indian Army.[3]

File:This image was the ruler of Amb State and with the ruler of State of Swat in 1926. During he sent army on Battle Chamla.jpg
Nawab prepare his army to sent on Battle of Chamla.

From his time onwards, the title of 'Nawab' was used in perpetuity by him and his descendants.[4]

File:1917 Darband, SIR GEORGE ROOSE KEPPEL, SAHIBAZADA SIR ABDUL QAYUM.jpg
This picture is from 1917, Darband. In this photo: Nawab Sir Muhammad Khan Zaman Khan Tanoli (seated second from left), Sir George Roos-Keppel (seated third from left), Sahibzada Sir Abdul Qayyum Khan (seated first from right). (Sitting ground centre) Nawabzada Muhammad Farid Khan Tanoli (son and successor of Nawab Sir Muhammad Khan Zaman Khan of Amb).

After Islmia university Peshawar Nawab built the biggest high school and hospital in Darband which was bigger then the Aligarh University. His region was the golden time of the Nawab of Amb.

References[edit]

  1. ↑ History and pedigree
  2. ↑ Sir Abdul Wadud, Wali of Swat) & Muhammad Asif Khan, The Story of Swat (1963), p. 143
  3. ↑ The India Office and Burma Office List (1928), p. 154
  4. ↑ Governor-General's Orders GGO NO. 51 of 1921, given at Simla, vide section B of the Gazette of India


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