Nawab Sir Muhammad Farid Khan Tanoli was the last ruling

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of the princely state of Amb, from 1936 till 1969. He faced several rebellions from his own clan which led to the state crumble up into more than 13+ khanates of his own clans who rejected his rule. He was appointed a Knight Commander of the

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(KBE) in the

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list. A state in a

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with

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until 1947, when the Nawab acceded to Pakistan, in 1958 Amb was reported to have an area of 590 square miles and a population of 48,656.Amiya Ranjan Mukherjee, ''Current Affairs'' (1958), p. 337

After 1947

After the

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in 1947, Amb became fully independent, and remained so for the rest of 1947, but on 31 December the Nawab acceded his state to Pakistan.Z. H. Zaidi, CHRONOLOGY OF ACCESSION OF STATES TO PAKISTAN in ''Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah Papers: The States'' (Quaid-i-Azam Papers Project, 1993), p. xxxix Nawab Farid khan Tanoli's contributions to the Pakistan movement were acknowledged by the Quaid e Azam.Sana Haroon, ''Frontier of faith: Islam in the Indo-Afghan borderland'' (Columbia University Press, 2008, , 254 pp.)

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1969 deaths Hindkowan people Nawabs of Amb Princely rulers of Pakistan Nawabs of Pakistan 1904 births Indian Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire Pakistani recipients of the Order of the British Empire {{Pakistan-bio-stub