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[[Nawab]] [[Sir]] '''Muhammad Akram Khan''' [[Order of the Star of India|KCSI]] (1868–1907), was the ruler of the Indian [[princely state]] of [[Amb (princely state)|Amb]] from 1877 until his death in 1907.
 
The son of [[Mir Jehandad Khan|Jehandad Khan]], he was only nine years old when his father died, and there were fears that Madat Khan, ruler of Phulra, might assert a claim.<ref>Hubert Digby Watson, ''Gazetteer of the Hazara District, 1907'' (1908), p. 193</ref>
 
He built the fort at Shergarh, as well as those at Dogah and Shahkot. His rule was a peaceful time for Tanawal, with no major conflicts. As well as being appointed a knight commander of the [[Order of the Star of India]], he also received from the British Crown the title of ''Nawab Bahadur''.<ref>Roper Lethbridge, ''The Golden Book of India: A Genealogical and Biographical Dictionary of the Ruling Princes, Chiefs, Nobles, and Other Personages, Titled or Decorated, of the Indian Empire'' (Adamant Media Corporation, 2001, ISBN 1402193289), [http://books.google.com/books?id=hIPy0LpPm9oC&pg=PA328&vq=nawab+muhammad+akram+khan+amb&hl=es&source=gbs_search_s&cad=0 p. 328]</ref> The [[Imperial Gazetteer of India]] reported that in 1901 Amb had an area of 204 square miles and a population of 31,622.<ref>
[[Richard Burn (Indologist)|Sir Richard Burn]], ed., [[Imperial Gazetteer of India]], vol. 23 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1908), [http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V23_225.gif p. 219]</ref>
 
 
He should not be confused with Muhammad Akram Khan (1817–1852), one of the sons of [[Dost Mohammad Khan]], Emir of [[Afghanistan]].<ref>Christine Noelle, Christine Noelle-Karimi, ''State and Tribe in Nineteenth-century Afghanistan: The Reign of Amir Dost Muhammad Khan (1826-1863)'' ([[Routledge]], 1997, ISBN 0700706291), pp. 36, [http://books.google.com/books?id=iqkiRvaDThgC&pg=PA387 387]</ref>
 
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