Safiullah Khan Tanoli
| Safiullah Khan Tanoli | |||||
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| Jagirdar Sir Muhammad Safiullah Khan | |||||
Safiullah Khan Tanoli in 1923 | |||||
| Minister of Defence of Kingdom of Amb | |||||
| In office | 1923 - 1969 | ||||
| Born | 6 November 1889 Amb, British India | ||||
| Died | 12 August 1974 (aged 74) Rawalpindi | ||||
| Burial | 1974 | ||||
| Spouse | 3 Wife's Unknown | ||||
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| Dynasty | Ghilzai | ||||
| Father | Hussain Khan Tanoli | ||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||
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Muhammad Safiullah Khan Tanoli was the grandson of Maddad Khan Tanoli who was the younger brother of Painda Khan, the ruling Nawab of Amb. Amb was a princely state in the present-day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region of Pakistan. Safiullah Khan served as the tehsil collector of Abbottabad under British Raj, appointed by the Governor of Khyber George Roos-Keppel, and later became the Minister of Defence of the Nawab of Amb.
He fought in the Battle of Chamla and in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948.