Phulra

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Phulra
Capital Phulra
Area 94 km²
Languages Hindko
Established  1828
Abolished 1950

Government of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa

Phulra was a minor princely state of both Pakistan and British India, located in the former North West Frontier (NWFP) province now Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. It was situated east of the nearby princely Amb. In 1950, Phulra was merged into the NWFP as was some territory of Amb. There is some dispute as to whether Phulra ranked as a full princely state or was a landed estate or (jagir) of the sort given to nobles in the Indian Empire.

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History

The state was founded in 1828 when Mir Painda Khan, the ruler of Amb, granted the area of Phulra as a small principality to his brother, Madad Khan. Phulra was recognised as a princely state in 1919 and 1921 in the official gazette of the Indian Empire. In 1947, the last ruler of Phulra acceded to Pakistan, but the state was extinguished in 1950, becoming part of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.

Today the former area of Phulra forms a Union Council of the tehsil of Mansehra.

Government

The state was ruled by a collateral line of the hereditary Tanoli rulers of Amb. The rulers were styled as Khan.

Tenure Rulers of Phulra[1] Sardar Nawab khan 1818 - 1857 Nawab Madad Khan
1858 - 1890 Nawab Abdullah khan
1890 - 1908 Nawab Abdul Rehman Khan
1908 - 1936 Nawab Atta Muhammad Khan
1936 - 1950 Nawab Abdul Latif Khan
1950 State of Phulra abolished

NawabZada Faredun Khan

 NawabZada Ali Raza ,NawabZada Usman Khan ,NawabZada Muazzam Khan ,NawabZada Hamza Khan

See also

Amb

References

  1. ^ Ben Cahoon, WorldStatesmen.org. "Pakistan Princely States". http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Pakistan_princes.html#Phulra. Retrieved 2007-10-03. 

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