Phulra

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Phulra
Princely state of Pakistan
1828–1950
Map of Pakistan with Phulra highlighted
Capital Phulra
History
 - Established 1828
 - Disestablished 1950
Area 94 km2 (36 sq mi)
Government of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
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Former administrative units of Pakistan

Phulra was a minor princely state in the days of British India, located in the region of the North West Frontier to the east of the nearby princely state of Amb. There is some uncertainty as to whether Phulra ranked as a full princely state of India before 1919, and until then it may have had the status of a landed estate or jagir, but in 1919 it was given imperial recognition. In 1947, soon after the British had departed from the subcontinent, the ruler of Phulra signed an Instrument of Accession to the new Dominion of Pakistan, and Phulra was a princely state of Pakistan from then until 1950, when it was incorporated into the North West Frontier Province following the death of its last Nawab.[1]

The territory covered by the state remains part of the present-day Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, as a Union Council of the tehsil of Mansehra.[1]

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.[1]

Government

The state was ruled by a collateral line of the hereditary Tanoli rulers of Amb. The rulers were styled as Khan, and Amb and Phulra together were sometimes referred to as "Feudal Tanawal".[2]

TenureRulers of Phulra
1828 - 1857Nawab Madad Khan
1858 - 1890Nawab Abdullah Khan
1890 - 1908Nawab Abdul Rahman Khan
1908 - 1935Nawab Ata Muhammad Khan
1932 - 1950Nawab Abdul Latif Khan
1950State of Phulra abolished

Descendents of Nawab Abdul Latif Khan

After the State of Phulra was abolished, the descendents of its last Nawab, Abdul Latif Khan, remained in the area as private residents. The descendents of Nawab Abdul Latif Khan are his son, Nawabzada Muhammad Faredun Khan, and his grandson Nawabzada Ali Raza Khan.[citation needed]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The Pakistan Gazetteer, vol. 5 (Cosmo Publications, 2000), p. 243
  2. ↑ Hubert Digby Watson, Gazetteer of the Hazara District, 1907, p. 187

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