Safiullah Khan Tanoli
Muhammad Safiullah Khan Tanoli KCIE, OBI, was an officer of the British army who worked with Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baron Rawlinson [1][2][3][4][5][6]and served as Minister of Defence of the Nawab of Amb he fought in the Battle of Chamla and in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948. He was the grandson of Maddad Khan Tanoli.[7]
| Safiullah Khan Tanoli | |||||
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| Minister of Kingdom of Amb Thanadar Shahib Afsar-e-Darband | |||||
| File:Safiullah Khan.jpg Picture of Safiullah Khan from right side first with right from second Governor of Mecca right from Third Syed Abdul Jabbar Shah in Ghari Sethana Palace of Amb, Darband 1923. | |||||
 Ministry of Defence of Kingdom of Amb | |||||
| Born | 6 November 1889 Amb, Pakistan | ||||
| Died | 12 August 1974 Rawalpindi | ||||
| Burial | 1974 | ||||
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| Dynasty | Barlas | ||||
| Father | Hussain Khan Tanoli | ||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||
Personal lifeEdit
He was the son of Hussain Khan Tanoli and grandson of Maddad Khan Tanoli. He spent his young life in France, Germany and London. He served his military career in the British Raj. Muhammad Khan Zaman Khan called him to return and help in the Battle of Swat[disambiguation needed]. He also worked with Syed Abdul Jabbar Shah. He controlled police stations of all Darband, Amb. He was also known as Afsar-e-Darband. (افسردربند).[8]
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ British Library, Indian Army List (IAL)
- ↑ Indian army ranks". Ranks of the army. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
- ↑ List of British armies in world war 1
- ↑ Prior & Wilson 2003, p. 137
- ↑ Collection 391 North West Frontier Operations 1897 IOR/L/MIL/7/15855-15939 1897-1923.
- ↑ Collection 403 Frontier and Overseas Expeditions IOR/L/MIL/7/16820-16978 1901-1944
- ↑ History of Amb State
- ↑ History of Nawab of Amb,,aa
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