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Paynda Khan Tanoli

d. 1844 · 19th century

Paynda Khan Tanoli was chief of the Tanoli tribe and ruler of Amb, in the Hazara region of today's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, in the early 19th century. He resisted the expanding Sikh Empire, fighting its governors of Hazara, and lost part of his lands to them. His descendants ruled Amb as a princely state until 1969.

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Amb State

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Paynda Khan Tanoli. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/paynda-khan-tanoli
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