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The Tanolies (also spelt Tanauli, Tanawali) are a prominent and famous Muslim tribe residing mainly in the Amb, Hazara district of NWFP Pakistan. They have a history that spans to the early 13th century since the establishment of the Delhi Sultanate. They have ruled the state of Amb of Hazara since the 13th century up until the vigorous rebellions against the Sikhs in the 19th century. They also allied with Ahmed Shah Abdali in his conquest of India. Many Khans and princes of their dynasty have gained mass popularity as heroes. A Muslim (Arabic: مسلم, Turkish: Müslüman, Persian and Urdu: مسلمان, Bosnian: Musliman) is an adherent of Islam. ...
A tribe, viewed historically or developmentally, consists of a social group existing before the development of, or outside of, states, though some modern theorists hold that contemporary tribes can only be understood in terms of their relationship to states. ...
Amb was a small princely state in what is today the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan. ...
The Hazara are an ethnic group who reside mainly in the central Afghanistan mountain region called Hazarajat or Hazaristan. ...
The Delhi Sultanate (دلی سلطنت), or Sulthanath-e-Hind (سلطنت٠Ûند) / Sulthanath-e-Dilli (سلطنت٠دلی) refers to the various Muslim dynasties that ruled in India from 1210 to 1526. ...
Amb was a small princely state in what is today the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan. ...
The Hazara are an ethnic group who reside mainly in the central Afghanistan mountain region called Hazarajat or Hazaristan. ...
Ahmad Shah Durrani Ahmad Shah Abdali (c. ...
Khan (sometimes spelled as Xan, Han) is a title with many meanings, originally commander, leader or ruler, in Mongolian and Turkish. ...
From the Greek cognate , in mythology and folklore, a hero (male) or heroine (female) is an eminent character archetype that quintessentially embodies key traits valued by its originating culture. ...
Renowned for their courage and fierce warlike nature, Charles Allen referred to them in his book "Men who made the North-West Frontier" referred to them as "the extremely hostile and powerful Tanolis of the Tanawal Mountains, brave and hardy and accounted for the best swordsmen in Hazara."
They were also the last ruling dynasty of the Princely State of Amb. // For other uses, see Dynasty (disambiguation). ...
Amb was a small princely state in what is today the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan. ...
Origins and History
Pashtun Origin One theory is that the people who came to be known as Tanolis came to be identified as such due to their link with a particular geographical setting in which they found themselves (i.e. Tanawal State) as a great majority of them were immigrants from across the River Indus from where they were pushed out, by Yousafzai from Afghanistan, as had happened before to the Swatis who also have a contested Pashtun/ Indian origin. This is not an unusual event. Throughout history collectives of individuals follow their kinfolk into territories where they come into conflict with already settled communities of their own background. It just so happens the newer arrivals always had success in ousting inhabitants who had settled there originally. In many accounts the Swatis have been called Pashtuns, non-Pashtuns and have been given a variety of indigenous Indian affiliations. The Tanolis have possibly suffered from similar fate. Dr Sher Bahadur Khan Panni has followed some the other commentators in agreeing with this explanation of Tanolis background. The Indus is a river; the Indus River. ...
The Yousafzai or Yusufzai (also Esapzey) (Urdu: یوس٠زئی ) are an Afghan tribe. ...
Swati is a famous Pashtun tribe that lives in District Battagram and Mansehra of North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan, a mountanious area that contains the famous historical places lika Pakhli, Agror, Allai, Thakot, Balakot and Black Mountain of Hazara. ...
The Pashtuns (also Pushtun, Pakhtun, ethnic Afghan, or Pathan) are an ethno-linguistic group consisting mainly of eastern Iranian stock living primarily in eastern and southern Afghanistan, and the North West Frontier Province, Federally Administered Tribal Areas and Baluchistan provinces of Pakistan. ...
Contemporary Tanolis are no longer a singular tribe but a collection of smaller groups which consists of those who call themselves Tanolis because they have resided in an area called Tanawal and those who are sub-groups, septs or clans of different Pashtun tribes representing major Afghan khels (sub tribes) in the State of Tanawal. The fact there is a great deal of diversity among Tanolis makes this view at least more plausible than other explanations offered so far. This view is shared by many major families in the area of Tanawal.
Many other Tanoli clans have disputed amongst themselves some of the theories of their origin. For example the Hassanals have always maintained that they are actually Hassanzais from the Kala Dhaka or Black Mountains - Tur ghar and adopted the nomeclature of the Tanoli area when they left their own areas, due to tribal feuds with other clans located there. The fact that there was also a non-Hassanzai group with that name did not matter as there are many sub-tribal names which are identical but with different tribal affiliations. This also seems quite plausible given the fact that Tanolis in Agror Valley, Mansehra and the surroundings speak Pashto as first language if not exclusively. This is documented in the first Hazara Gazetteer written soon after the settlement of Hazara by Captain James Abbott. This book also mentions the fact that the original language of the Tanolis was Pashto but some have forgotten it and now speak Hindko in areas where the majority speaks this language. Pashto (پښتو; also known as Afghan, Pushto, Pashto, Pashtoe, Pashtu, and Pukhto) is the language spoken by the ethnic Afghan otherwise known as the Pashtun people who inhabit Afghanistan and the Western provinces of Pakistan. ...
Hindko is an ancient language spoken in the Indian subcontinent. ...
Tanoli clan names do not all follow the Pashtun style, such as end with khel or zai. Considering the case of Afridis, Mohmands, Waziris as prominent Pashtun tribes, who also don't follow this practice. Recently some Tanolis clans such as Mamakhel use the typical khel ending in their branch.
It would seem that there are among the Tanolis a great majority who have Pashtun heritage but also those who call themselves Tanolis because the area is more important for their identity than a Pashtun one. The majority still would back a Pashtun label as an ethnic identity. Previous erronous links have been made in the past, in relation to other Pashtun tribes when dubious links were made between Rajput and Pashtun tribal names by Sir Alexander Cunningham, author of the "History of the Sikhs", when he noticed some similarity between Rajput clan/caste names and Pashtun tribal appendages. This similarity doesn't constitute a foundation. The Pashtuns (also Pushtun, Pakhtun, ethnic Afghan, or Pathan) are an ethno-linguistic group consisting mainly of eastern Iranian stock living primarily in eastern and southern Afghanistan, and the North West Frontier Province, Federally Administered Tribal Areas and Baluchistan provinces of Pakistan. ...
The Pashtuns (also Pushtun, Pakhtun, ethnic Afghan, or Pathan) are an ethno-linguistic group consisting mainly of eastern Iranian stock living primarily in eastern and southern Afghanistan, and the North West Frontier Province, Federally Administered Tribal Areas and Baluchistan provinces of Pakistan. ...
A recent article, The Herald (Karachi), on the ex-ruling family's residence in Shergarh, Tehsil Oghi, District Mansehra, included ongoing debate as to whether they are of Barlas Mughal origin or Yousafzai roots but no mention of Janjua descendancy was made. However, considering the above points of the multi-tribe make up what is today a Tanoli, the Abbasid or Janjua link cannot be completely ruled out. The Janjua Rajput (Urdu: Ø¬Ù†Ø¬ÙˆØ¹Û ) are one of the most dominant warrior clans of Punjab. ...
In fact the reason for this confusion could be explained from the Panjab Castes source, where it cites, "The remainder of the district (Hazara), that is the northern and central portion, is held by tribes which, whatever their origin, have by long association become assimilated with the Patháns in language and customs, the Jadún, holding the Dor valley from Bagra upwards to Mángal, the Tanoli holding the Tanawál tract in the west centre of the district between Abbottábád and the Indus, much of which belongs to the semi-independent Nawáb of Amb." The Pashtuns (also Pushtun, Pakhtun, ethnic Afghan, or Pathan) are an ethno-linguistic group consisting mainly of eastern Iranian stock living primarily in eastern and southern Afghanistan, and the North West Frontier Province, Federally Administered Tribal Areas and Baluchistan provinces of Pakistan. ...
It is important to note here, that there is no record in the Yousafzai genelogical tree of a sub branch called Tanoli. Although a sub-branch of the Yousafzai tribe can be a resident of Tanawal and hence adopt this name. But pride of race is a strong Yousafzai trait, to change a family name into one denoting a geographical residence would seem dubious for any Pashtun tribe of such pride and prominence, as well as the lack of recorded genealogical evidence to confirm this.
Wars and Famous Personalities The Yousafzai tribe came to Swat in approximately 1450AD and began fighting with tribes inhabiting Swat namely the Tanolis, Swatis and Dilazak. After several battles between the Tanolis and the Yousafzais, the Tanoli Chief Sultan Ameer Khan Tanoli was finally martyred whilst fighting with Yousafzais at Topi (near Swabi). The Tanolis were temporarily pushed to the eastern bank of river Indus. Events March - French troops under Guy de Richemont besiege the English commander in France, Edmund Beaufort, Duke of Somerset, in Caen April 15 - Battle of Formigny. ...
The Sultan in Disneys Aladdin A Sultan (Arabic: سلطان) is an Islamic title, with several historical meanings. ...
Historically, a martyr is a person who dies for his or her religious faith. ...
The Indus is a river; the Indus River. ...
Sardar Zabardast Khan/ Suba Khan Tanoli In 1752AD the Tanoli Chief Sardaar Zabardast Khan allied with Ahmed Shah Abdali in his conquest of India. His renown was such, that he gained the title of Suba Khan from Ahmed Shah Abdali for his bravery in the historical battle against the Marathas at Panipat, where two hundred and fifty thousand strong army of Marathas were famously defeated by just sixty thousand of Abdali's soldiers and allied Muslim tribes. His later grandson, Mir Nawab Khan saw the Durrani empire crumbling and defeated the Durranis, thus freeing his kingdom of their control, however, in this battle he was killed by Sardaar Azim Khan. The examples and perspective in this article may not represent a worldwide view. ...
Ahmad Shah Durrani Ahmad Shah Abdali (c. ...
Khan (sometimes spelled as Xan, Han) is a title with many meanings, originally commander, leader or ruler, in Mongolian and Turkish. ...
Ahmad Shah Durrani Ahmad Shah Abdali (c. ...
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Mir Sar-Buland Khan During the Governorship of the Sikh general Hari Singh Nalwa, Mir Sar-Buland Khan Tanoli, was very rebellious towards him. He allied with Mir Painda Khan and Muhammad Khan Tareen as well as chiefs of the Jadun tribes against them. Whilst engaged in one battle, Hari Singh Nalwa shot dead his son Sher Muhammad Khan. He continued his rebellion regardless and unrelented in his repeat incursions against them, though without success against the militarily superior opposition. At one point, he and Mir Painda Khan seiged and conquered Darband fort from the Sikh chief Sardar Gordat Singh.
Mir Painda Khan Mir Painda Khan is famed for his staunch rebellion against Maharaja Ranjit Singh's Governors of Hazara. He was the son of Mir Nawab Khan, who defeated the Durranis and freed his kingdom from their influence. Maharaja Ranjit Singh was a Sikh ruler of the Punjab. ...
The Hazara are an ethnic group who reside mainly in the central Afghanistan mountain region called Hazarajat or Hazaristan. ...
From about 1813, he spent a life long rebellion against the Sikhs, who realising the potential of his rebellion, set up forts at strategic locations to keep him in check. Hari Singh Nalwa took this initiative during his governorship. A Sikh man wearing a turban The adherents of Sikhism are called Sikhs. ...
Fortifications (Latin fortis, strong, and facere, to make) are military constructions designed for defensive warfare. ...
Hari Singh Nalwa (1791-1837?), an Uppal Khatri born at Gujranwala, was the Commander-in-chief of Maharaja Ranjit Singh. ...
Painda Khan's relentless rebellion against the Sikh empire, cost him a major portion of his Kingdom, leaving only his twin capitals Amb and Darband. However, this deterred him less and appeared to increase his resistance against the Sikh government. Amb was a small princely state in what is today the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan. ...
The "District Gazetteer of the North-West Frontier Province" (p138) confirms, "Painda Khan, played a considerable part in the history of his time and vigorously opposed the Sikhs."
Mir Painda Khan set the tone for the regional resistance against Sikh rule. Men who made the North-West Frontier (Charles Allen, Abacus 2001, p139) attests, "There was a long history of conflict between Jehandad Khan's family and the Sikhs, and the name of his father Painda Khan, was said to be 'magic to the ears of the people of Hazara' because of the struggles he fought on behalf of his 'poor circumscribed and rugged principality' against the Sikhs. Abbot was aware that before his death Painda Khan had made his son (Jehandad Khan) swear never to trust his safety to any ruler."
Eventually, realising that the Heroic Tanoli Khan would not be subdued by force, General Dhaurikal Singh, commanding officer of the Sikh troops in Hazara, had Painda Khan poisoned to death in September 1844. He is still revered in Hazara today as a Heroic Warrior King of the People. The Hazara are an ethnic group who reside mainly in the central Afghanistan mountain region called Hazarajat or Hazaristan. ...
The Hazara are an ethnic group who reside mainly in the central Afghanistan mountain region called Hazarajat or Hazaristan. ...
In 1828 Mir Painda Khan gifted the State of Phulra to his brother Mir Madad Khan. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...
Mir Jehandad Khan This Tanoli chief deserves special mention as the son of a famous Tanoli hero of Amb Darband Hazara, Mir Painda Khan. Amb was a small princely state in what is today the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan. ...
The Hazara are an ethnic group who reside mainly in the central Afghanistan mountain region called Hazarajat or Hazaristan. ...
It is mentioned in Men who made the North-West Frontier (Charles Allen, Abacus 2001, p139) that "Of all the tribal chiefs of Hazara, the most powerful said to be Jehandad Khan of the Tanoli, whose land straddled both banks of the Indus and whose fellow-tribesmen were 'brave and hardy and accounted for the best swordsmen in Hazara'. There was a long history of conflict between Jehandad Khan's family and the Sikhs, and the name of his father Painda Khan, was said to be 'magic to the ears of the people of Hazara' because of the struggles he fought on behalf of his 'poor circumscribed and rugged principality' against the Sikhs. Abbot was aware that before his death Painda Khan had made his son (Jehandad Khan) swear never to trust his safety to any ruler." This was a strong testament to the physical, political power and heroic background of the House of Tanoli which continued throughout the history of the tribes ancestry.
Mir Jehandad Khan is further mentioned in the same source as, "Jehandad Khan - a good looking young man of 26 years, tall and slender, with remarkably large and fine eyes - rode into Abbott's encampment surrounded by an escort of horsemen clad in shirts of mail and steel skull caps, handsomely mounted and equipped, who made a most picturesque display....the bystanders, who regarded the Chief with great awe, were thunderstruck.."
In 1852, Jehandad Khan was summonsed by the President of the Board of Administration (who travelled to Hazara to see the Khan) in relation to a murder enquiry of two British civilians in his lands. It is mentioned in the above source (p203,p204) that "Jehan Dad Khan, the head of the Clan, and his minister Boostan Khan...knowing himself charged for his life, with the air of a prince sat down....answered all questions in an easy off hand way that looked very much like innocence. I was glad when the examination was over and the men let go, for they had a following of five or six hundred men, all stalwart fellows who had accompanied their Chief..." The President ended the talk by threatening him that, "If you refuse to give up the murderers...I will come with an army to burn your villages and give your country to another." It is said that the Khan replied, folding hands and with some fun replied with his elders, "We should consider your presence (in our kingdom) an honour, but our country is a 'rather difficult one' for your army." This famed statement was the talk of the day and remembered by many locals of Hazara even to this day as a heroic answer to a staunch threat from a powerful official. The Hazara are an ethnic group who reside mainly in the central Afghanistan mountain region called Hazarajat or Hazaristan. ...
Khan (sometimes spelled as Xan, Han) is a title with many meanings, originally commander, leader or ruler, in Mongolian and Turkish. ...
The term prince (the female form is princess), from the Latin root princeps, when used for a member of the highest aristocracy, has several fundamentally different meanings - one generic, and several types of titles. ...
In politics, a country (or in some cases, a group of countries) over which a king or queen reigns, is a kingdom, see: monarchy. ...
His son, Nawab Bahadur Sir Muhammed Akram Khan was conferred the title Nawab Bahadur by the British Raj. Nawab (Urdu: نواب ) was originally the subadar (provincial governor) or viceroy of a subah (province) or region of the Mughal empire. ...
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Malik Nawab Khan Tanoli Malik Nawab Khan was a great personality of Lower Tanawal. He had his own small state Jarna in Abbottabad. Major Abbot mentioned him as a "Brave man" in his book written on Abbottabad. Malik Nawab Khan was a learned man and an able soldier. He was a strong religious man. He was the last chief of Tanoli Jirga. Malik Nawab Khan was among the fellow tribesmen of famous Mir Jehandad Khan. Abbottabad (Urdu: ایبٹ آباد ) is the principal city of the Abbottabad District in the Northwest Frontier Province of Pakistan. ...
Tanolis Today The majority of Tanolis reside in the former state of Amb in the Hazara division of the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan. A branch of the Tanoli tribe also resides in Kashmir mainly in Muzaffarabad. The famous ancestral forefather of this Kashmiri branch was Amir Mir-ullah. Tanolis have a big area of territory called Upper Tanawal and Lower Tanawal. Upper Tanawal is considered as backward area and has its quota in Govt of Pakistan. Tanolis have their majority throughout Hazara Division (Abbottabad, Haripur, Mansehra, Battagram, Kohistan). Tanolis are also living in some areas of Swabi, Nowshera, Rawalpindi, Gujar Khan and Sultanpur. A large number of Tanolis are also living in Karachi. Amb was a small princely state in what is today the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan. ...
The Hazara are an ethnic group who reside mainly in the central Afghanistan mountain region called Hazarajat or Hazaristan. ...
Sultanpur is a city in the state of Uttar Pradesh, situated in the northern part of India. ...
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Their main language is Hindko. Tanolis living in Pashtun dominated areas speak Pushtu and those living in Punjab speak Potohari and Punjabi. Hindko is an ancient language spoken in the Indian subcontinent. ...
Pashto (پښتو; also known as Afghan, Pushto, Pashto, Pashtoe, Pashtu, and Pukhto) is the language spoken by the ethnic Afghan otherwise known as the Pashtun people who inhabit Afghanistan and the Western provinces of Pakistan. ...
Punjabi (also Panjabi; in GurmukhÄ«, PanjÄbÄ« in ShÄhmukhÄ«) is the language of the Punjab regions of India and Pakistan. ...
Some Tanolis migrated to UK after the 2nd World War to help rebuild the war ravaged country.
Tanolis are rich in culture values and strongly follow the customs of their ancestors.
Famous Tanolis of Today Some famous personalities of the Tanoli tribe in this modern era are: - Ayub Khan Tanoli - He was a great Lawer and wellknown politician. He remained as Government Minister of Law and Education NWFP. He belonged to Sherwan in Abbottabad.
- Jamshed Khan Tanoli - Jamshed Khan Tanoli served as Secretary Education NWFP. During his service he was famous for his honesty throughout the province. He belongs to Jarral in Abbottabad.
- Younis Khan Tanoli - Younis Khan Tanoli is presently the Advocate General NWFP. He also belongs to Sherwan in Abbottabad.
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