Muhammad Akram Khan
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Nawab Sir Muhammad Akram Khan KCSI (1868–1907), was the ruler of the Indian princely state of Amb from 1877 until his death in 1907.
The son of Jehandad Khan,[1] he was only nine years old when his father died, and there were fears that Madad Khan, the ruling Khan of Phulra, might assert a claim.[2]
He built the fort at Shergarh, as well as those at Dogah and Shahkot. His rule was a peaceful time for Tanawal, with no major conflicts. As well as being appointed a knight commander of the Order of the Star of India, he also received from the British Crown the title of Nawab Bahadur[3] and this title was eventually granted to his descendants in perpetuity. The Imperial Gazetteer of India reported that in 1901 Amb had an area of 204 square miles and a population of 31,622.[4]
He should not be confused with Muhammad Akram Khan (1817–1852), one of the sons of Dost Mohammad Khan, Emir of Afghanistan.[5]
Notes
- ^ Pedigree
- ^ Hubert Digby Watson, Gazetteer of the Hazara District, 1907 (1908), p. 193
- ^ Roper Lethbridge, The Golden Book of India: A Genealogical and Biographical Dictionary of the Ruling Princes, Chiefs, Nobles, and Other Personages, Titled or Decorated, of the Indian Empire (Adamant Media Corporation, Reprint of 2001, ISBN 1402193289), p. 328
- ^ Sir Richard Burn, ed., Imperial Gazetteer of India, vol. 23 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1908), p. 219
- ^ Christine Noelle, Christine Noelle-Karimi, State and Tribe in Nineteenth-century Afghanistan: The Reign of Amir Dost Muhammad Khan (1826-1863) (Routledge, 1997, ISBN 0700706291), pp. 36, 387
