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Amb State
Origins
The Tanolis, a tribe of the Hazara hills, held Tanawal on the left bank of the Indus. Around 1772 their chiefs established a ruling house based at Amb and later at Darband. Paynda Khan Tanoli resisted the Sikh Empire in the early 19th century.
Rule and society
Under the British, Amb was a small internally autonomous state on the North-West Frontier, with the Nawab ruling the trans-Indus enclave while the family held Tanawal as an estate in British Hazara. The population was Muslim and spoke Hindko and Pashto.
Decline and legacy
Nawab Muhammad Farid Khan acceded to Pakistan in 1947. The state was abolished in 1969 and merged into the North-West Frontier Province, and much of its lowland, including old Darband, was later flooded by the Tarbela Dam.
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- Amb State was a protectorate of British Raj1858 CE – 1947 CE
- Amb State was part of Dominion of Pakistan1947 CE – 1956 CE
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