Muhammad Khan Zaman Khan

Nawab Sir Muhammad Khan-i-Zaman Khan Tanoli[2] GCSI KCIE GCMG 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.

Muhammad Khan Zaman Khan Tanoli (محمد خان زمان خان تنولی)
Nawab
Nawab Shahib
His Honourable Highness
Portrait picture of Nawab Zaman Khan
10th Nawab of Kingdom of Amb
Reign1907–1936
SuccessorMuhammad Farid Khan
Born(1874-11-06)6 November 1874
Amb, Pakistan
Died(1936-09-012)12 September 1936
Darband, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Burial1936
Darband, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Names
Nawab Sir Muhammad Khan Zaman Khan Tanoli
DynastyGhilzai[1]
FatherMuhammad Akram Khan
ReligionSunni Islam
Awards Knight Grand Commander (GCSI)
Knight Commander (KCIE)
Knight Grand Cross (GCMG)
Military career
Allegiance British Rule
Rank Honorary Major General
Battles/warsBattle of Chamla
Fall of Baghdad (1917)
Gallipoli campaign

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]

This picture is from 1917, Darband. In this photo: Nawab Sir Muhammad Khan Zaman Khan Tanoli (seated second from left), Sir George Roos-Keppel (seated third from left), Sahibzada Sir Abdul Qayyum Khan (seated first from right). (Sitting ground centre) Nawabzada Muhammad Farid Khan Tanoli (son and successor of Nawab Sir Muhammad Khan Zaman Khan of Amb).

References
  1. "Ancestor Database - Tano Khel -.-> تنو خېل".
  2. 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
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