Suba Khan Tanoli

Suba Khan Tanoli
Sultan Zabardust Khan Tanoli
4th Nawab of Tanawal
Reign8 August 1755 – 8 November 1783
SuccessorMir Haibat Khan Tanoli
Born(1736-05-01)1 May 1736
Amb
Died2 November 1783(1783-11-02) (aged 47)
Haripur
Burial1783
Tomb of Suba Khan, Haripur, Pakistan
DynastyTanoli[1]
FatherMuhammad Bahadur Khan Tanoli
ReligionSunni Islam
Military career
AllegianceDurrani Empire
Mughal Empire
Rank
Nawab
Conflicts
Indian campaign of Ahmad Shah Durrani

Zabardust Khan Tanoli (1 May 1736 – 2 November 1783), better known as Suba Khan Tanoli, was the head of the Tanoli Tribe and the monarch of Mulk Tanol and Governor of Kashmir in 18th-century Mughal India.[2] He fought at the Third Battle of Panipat on the side of Ahmed Shah Abdali[3] and contributed to the Afghan victory with rifles and zamburak artillery. He played a considerable part in campaign of Ahmad Shah Abdali against the Sikh and Hindu Jats.[4][5][6][7][8][9][10]

He managed the area during a period of conflict.[11] Records state that he focused on maintaining local peace and assisting the population. He also implemented measures to regulate the prices of food and other resources.[12]

Suba Khan Tanoli died in 1783.[13] After his death, the next ruler was Mir Haibat Khan Tanoli. Haibat Khan, was the grandfather of Painda Khan Tanoli and father of Mir Nawab Khan Tanoli.

References

  1. ↑ "Ancestor Database - Tano Khel -.-> تنو خېل". Archived from the original on September 26, 2015. Retrieved December 1, 2021.
  2. ↑ Dr SB Panni 'Tareekh i Hazara' (Urdu:History of Hazara) pub Peshawar, 1969, pp. 340-341
  3. ↑ Panni, aa
  4. ↑ Tarikh - E - Hazara by Sher Bahadur Khan Punni,, Volume Archive
  5. ↑ Ghulam Nabi Khan, Al-Mugliya Tanoli.
  6. ↑ Meredith L. Runion The History of Afghanistan pp 71 Greenwood Publishing Group, 2007 ISBN 0313337985
  7. ↑ Patil, Vishwas. Panipat.
  8. ↑ D. Balland (December 15, 1983). "Afghanistan x. Political History". Encyclopædia Iranica. Retrieved 2012-08-08.
  9. ↑ Kaushik Roy (2004). India's Historic Battles: From Alexander the Great to Kargil. Orient Blackswan. pp. 84–94. ISBN 9788178241098.
  10. ↑ The Imperial Gazetteer of India
  11. ↑ Hazara District Gazetteer 1883-1884
  12. ↑ Gazetteer, aa
  13. ↑ Panni, aa