Safiullah Khan Tanoli

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.

Personal life

He was the son of Hussain Khan Tanoli and grandson of Maddad Khan Tanoli. He spent his youth in France, Germany and London. He served his military career in the British Raj. Muhammad Khan Zaman Khan summoned him to return and help in the Battle of Chamla.
He also worked with Syed Abdul Jabbar Shah. He controlled all the police stations of Darband, Amb. He was also known as Afsar-e-Darband.