Muhammad Farid Khan

Muhammad Farid Khan Tanoli
Nawab
Nawab Shahib
11th last Nawab of Kingdom of Amb
Reign1936–1969
Born(1904-01-01)1 January 1904
Amb, British Raj
Died(1969-07-028)28 July 1969
Darband, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Burial1969
Darband, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Names
Nawab Sir Khan Bahadur Muhammad Farid Khan Tanoli
DynastyTanoli[1]
FatherMuhammad Khan Zaman Khan
ReligionSunni Islam
Military career
AllegianceBritish Raj, Pakistan
RankNawab
Battles / warsIndo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948, Indo-Pakistani War of 1965

Nawab Sir Muhammad Farid Khan Tanoli KBE was the last ruling Nawab of the princely state of Amb, from 1936 till 1969. He faced several rebellions from his own clan which led to the state crumble up into more than 13+ khanates of his own clans who rejected his rule. He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) in the 1946 New Year Honours list.[2] A state in a subsidiary alliance with British India until 1947, when the Nawab acceded to Pakistan, in 1958 Amb was reported to have an area of 590 square miles and a population of 48,656.[3]

Seated left to right Sahibzada Mohammad Khurshid, Nawabzada Liaquat Ali Khan, first Prime Minister of Pakistan, Nawab Sir Muhammad Farid Khan Tanoli of Amb (Tanawal), and Begum Ra'ana Liaquat Ali Khan, Thanking to the Nawab Amb for help in Indo-pak war 1947-1948 at Darband, Amb, in 1949.
  1. ^ "Ancestor Database - Tano Khel -.-> تنو خېل". Archived from the original on 26 September 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ "No. 37407". The London Gazette. 28 December 1945. p. 57.
  3. ^ Amiya Ranjan Mukherjee, Current Affairs (1958), p. 337