Ali Amjad Khan

Nawab Ali Amjad Khan
Honorary Magistrate, Nawab
Nawab of Longla
Reign1874 – November 1905
PredecessorNawab Ali Ahmed Khan
SuccessorNawab Ali Haider Khan
BornNovember 1871
Prithimpassa Palace, Sylhet, British India
DiedDecember 1905
Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India
Burial
SpouseSyeda Fatima Banu
IssueAli Haider Khan
Ali Asghar Khan
Names
Moulvi Ali Amjad Khan
DynastyKhan
FatherAli Ahmed Khan
MotherUmraonissa Khatun
ReligionShia Islam

Nawab Moulvi Ali Amjad Khan (1871 – 1905) was the Nawab of Longla during 1874–1905. Honorary Magistrate Ali Amjad Khan was educated at St. Edmund's College, Shillong, St. Paul's School, Darjeeling and later at Aligarh Muslim University. He succeeded his father Ali Ahmed Khan at his death in 1874. Nawab Ali Amjad Khan was very successful in increasing the revenue of the Estate many fold. However, on 12 July 1897 there was a cataclysmic earthquake that caused colossal damage to the region and estate. Nawab Ali Amjad Khan was a well known hunter, educationist, social worker and philanthropist.