Muhammad Akram Khan

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For other purposes See also:Muhammad Akram (disambiguation)

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. Son of Jehandad Khan, he was only nine years old when his father died. People of that time thought that Maddad Khan Tanoli, the ruling Khan of Phulra, might assert a claim as ruler but no such event occurred at that time.[1][2][3]

Nawab Akram Khan Tanoli
Nawab Shahib
His Majesty
File:This image was the ruler of Amb State. Nawab Akram Khan.jpg
Portrait Painting of Akram Khan Tanoli.
Flag of the State of Amb.svg 9th Nawab of Kingdom of Amb
Reign1877 – 1907
SuccessorMuhammad Khan Zaman Khan
Born(1858-01-07)7 January 1858
Kashmir, Pakistan
Died(1907-09-012)12 September 1907
Amb, Pakistan
Burial1907
Names
Nawab Sir Muhammad Akram Khan Tanoli
DynastyGhilzai[4]
FatherMir Jehandad Khan
ReligionSunni Islam
Military career
AllegianceBritish Rule
RankNawab

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

The Imperial Gazetteer of India reported that in 1901 Amb had an area of 214 square miles and a population of 31,622.[6]

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.[7]

Notes[edit]

  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. "Ancestor Database - Tano Khel -.-> تنو خېل".
  5. 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
  6. Sir Richard Burn, ed., Imperial Gazetteer of India, vol. 23 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1908), p. 219
  7. 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