NawabSirMuhammad Akram KhanGCIEKCSIKCVO was the ruler of the Indian princely state of Amb from 1877 until his death in 1907. Son of Jehandad Khan, he was only nine years old when his father died. People of that time thought that Maddad Khan Tanoli, the ruling Khan of Phulra, might assert a claim as ruler but no such event occurred at that time.[2][3][4]
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[5] 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 214 square miles and a population of 31,622.[6]
Mohammad Ismail Khan, son of Mohammad Akram Khan, at the Delhi Durbar, 1911Shergarh, the summer residence of the Nawab of Amb
↑ 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, ISBN1402193289), p. 328
↑ Christine Noelle, Christine Noelle-Karimi, State and Tribe in Nineteenth-century Afghanistan: The Reign of Amir Dost Muhammad Khan (1826-1863) (Routledge, 1997, ISBN0700706291), pp. 36, 387
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