JAHANDAD KHAN, one of the many sons of Painda Khan and a half brother of Fatch Khan Wazir, was appointed governor of Attock by Shah Shuja, the king of Afghanistan. In 1809, Fatch Khan dethroned Shah Shuja`, placed Shah Mahmud on the throne and himself became prime minister. Shah Shuja` was taken prisoner at Attock by Jahandad Khan who had him delivered to his brother Ata Muhammad Khan, the governor of Kashmir. Fateh Khan turned towards Kashmir and defeated and expelled Ata Muhammad.
Jahandad Khan, fearing that Fateh Khan would oust him from Attock, surrendered the fort in 1813 to Maharaja Ranjit Singh in return for a jagir and cash allowance. In 1818, Ranjit Singh captured Peshawar and placed it under the charge of Jahandad Khan. Another Barakzai brother. Yar Muhammad Khan, expelled Jahandad Khan from Peshawar forcing him to flee back to Attock. Jahandad Khan remained a steadfast supporter of Maharaja Ranjit Singh till the end.
References :
1. Suri, Sohan Lal, Umdat-ul-Twarikh. Lahore, 1985-89
2. Khushwant Singh, A History of the Sikhs, vol. I. Princeton, 1963
Mir Jahandad Khan Tanoli Nawab of State of Amb
Nawab Jahandad Khan Tanoli was a chief of Tanoli tribe in the Hazara region of the North-West Frontier of British India and Nawab of Amb. Jahandad Khan Tanoli was the son of Mir Painda Khan, a fighter against the Sikh Empire. He became the ruler of Amb on the death of his father in 1844.
Life
Jahandad Khan was the son of Mir Painda Khan.Jahandad Khan became the ruler of Amb on the death of his father in 1844.When he was born Amb was an independent kingdom not yet in any way under British domination.
It was said, “Of all the tribal chiefs of Hazara, the most powerful was said to be Jahandad Khan of the Tanoli.”His territories lay on both banks of the Indus, and Jahandad Khan was highly respected among his peoples as the son of Painda Khan.
In the words of Major J. Abbott
“His (Jahandad’s) territory interposes between Hazara and the strongest and most troublesome of the independent tribes. He can send 50 or 60 matchlocks to retaliate a fray which might cost us an army of 8000 men. Jahandad Khan is naturally of a gentle and sincere temperament, and has fewer vicious propensities than most Asiatics.”
As far as Jahandad Khan’s domain of Upper Tanawal is concerned, with its capital at Amb, the term jagir has never been applicable to it. The British Government considered “Upper Tannowul” as a chiefship held under the British Government, but as a rule they did not possess internal jurisdiction within it[citation needed]. The Chief managed his own people in his own way, without regard to the laws, rules or systems of British India[citation needed]. This tenure resembled that of the Chiefs of Patiala, Jhind, Nabha, Kapurthala, and others.
In 1852, Jahandad Khan was ordered by the President of the Board of Administration, who was visiting Hazara to see him at Haripur about the murder of two British officers, Carne and Tapp of the Salt Department, who had been killed in the country of Jahandad Khan in 1851. When the President ordered the Khan to give up the murderers or else suffer the consequences, the Khan is reported to have replied “We should consider your presence in our kingdom an honour, but our country is a rather difficult one for your army. However, for all his public bravado, the Khan recognised his limitations and in private protested his innocence to the British administrators, and was eventually cleared of the charges. In due course, Mir Jahandad Khan was granted the personal and temporary title of ‘Nawab’, which in succeeding generations was to be granted to the family in perpetuity.
When he died, the Khan left a nine-year-old son, Muhammad Akram Khan, who succeeded him.
