Amb State
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| Coordinates: | 34.100581°N 72.726003°E |
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| State/Province: | Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa |
| Country: | Pakistan |
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Amb State (approx 532 sq kms)attached to Hazara district of British India, was a small frontier state, that was originally known as Mulq i Tanawal (Land/Country of Tanawal); and was largely inhabited by the non-Pashtun/Pathan, 'Tanwali' or 'Tanoli' tribe. A part of this state was also given over to the smaller state (or Jagir estate) of Phulra (approx 82 sq kms).
History and origins
Capital
- Darband (submerged now)
- Shergarh (summer)
Present Day
Much of the States area was submerged by the reservoir of the Tarbela Dam (1974), the world's largest earth filled dam. However, those parts of Shergarh, 'new' Darband, Lassan and Phulra that survived, are now part of Oghi tehsil/subdivision of Mansehra district, of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province (ex North-West Frontier Province) of Pakistan, since 2010.
The Nawabzada Salahuddin Saeed Khan, son of the last Nawab, and titular head of the Tanoli tribe, still spends part of the year at his surviving residence at Shergarh Fort.