Muhammad Khan Zaman Khan Explained

Muhammad Khan Zaman Khan Tanoli (محمد خان زمان خان تنولی)
Nawab
Nawab Shahib
His Honourable Highness
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Allegiance: British Rule
Rank: Honorary Major General
Battles:Battle of Chamla
Fall of Baghdad (1917)
Gallipoli campaign
Succession:10th Nawab of Kingdom of Amb
Reign:1907–1936
Successor:Muhammad Farid Khan
Full Name:Nawab Sir Muhammad Khan Zaman Khan Tanoli
House:Tanoli[1]
House-Type:Dynasty
Father:Muhammad Akram Khan
Birth Date:6 November 1874
Birth Place:Amb, Pakistan
Death Place:Darband, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Burial Date:1936
Burial Place:Darband, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Signature Type:Awards
Religion:Sunni Islam
Signature: Knight Grand Commander (GCSI)
Knight Commander (KCIE)
Knight Grand Cross (GCMG)

Nawab Sir Muhammad Khan-i-Zaman Khan Tanoli[2] 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.[3]

He also make a cash contribute of 1 lac in order to build Islamia College University in visionary of Shahibzada Abdul Qayyum Khan.

He sent food, artillery, goods and reliance support to ottoman Khalil Pasha but due to alliance with British raj as an 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.[4]

From his timeas used in perpetuity by him and his descendants.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ancestor Database - Tano Khel -.-> تنو خېل. https://web.archive.org/web/20150926230048/http://www.khyber.org/tribes/web/ppl/3/f/c3115feedda378d7397af19d2f3.shtml. usurped. 26 September 2015.
  2. https://books.google.com/books/id=QLMUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA539&lpg=PA539&dq=ill+bred+swine&source=bl&ot History and pedigree
  3. Sir Abdul Wadud, (Wali of Swat) and Muhammad Asif Khan, The Story of Swat (1963), p. 143
  4. The India Office and Burma Office List (1928), p. 154
  5. Governor-General's Orders GGO NO. 51 of 1921, given at Simla, vide section B of the Gazette of India