Syed Abdul Jabbar Shah
"Sayyid Muhammad 'Abdu'l-Jabbar Shah, Amir-i-Shariyat of Swat. b. ca. 1880, son of Sayyid Mahmud Shah, by his wife, a daughter of Sayyid Akbar Shah, Amir-i-Shariyat of Swat, educ. at Lucknow and Azamgarh. A fine scholar and orator. Wazir-i-Azam to the Nawab of Amb 1899-1914 & 1918. Elected as Amir-i-Shariyat of Swat by the Khans and mullahs, 28th April 1914. Established his capital at Kabul, in the Niphikhel area Bandi Bala. Opposed by the Akhund family from the outset, and eventually asked to leave Swat in September 1917. Returned with the Amb army to take Swat. Author of "Mun'amene-i-Bani Israil or The Afghan Nation". m. (first) at Amb, 1907, a daughter of Major Nawab Sir Khan-i-Zaman Khan, Nawab of Amb, KCIE. m. (second) at Sethana Fort, 1908, a daughter of "the ruler of Bokhara who had come to Abbottabad after revolution via Afghanistan with the help of Amir Abdul Rahman of Kabul.He was the last king of Swat belonging to the Syed family of Sethana which faught for more than 100 years against the Sikhs and then against the British. In 1822 against Ranjeet Singh. 1858 against General Sir Sidney. In 1863 against General Newal Chamberlane at Umbela. Chamberlane was injured and later on was replaced by General Garwick."Syed Abdul Jabbar Shah Tirmizi, nephew of Syed Akbar Shah Tirmizi and great grand son of Pir Baba, was made ruler by a local Jirga. Syed Abdul Jabbar Shah Tirmizi become prime minister of State of Amb in late 1920s".
Syed Abdul Jabbar Shah Tirmizi | |
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 Syed Abdul Jabbar Shah Tirmizi the Prime Minister of Amb and former Ruler of Swat (seated third from left), Governor of Mecca (Saudi Arabia) (seated fourth from left) and Governor of Madinah (Saudi Arabia) (seated second from left), photograph taken in Darband, 1923 (Photograph courtesy of Nawabzada Salahudin Seed). | |
| Succeeded by | Syed Ahmed Shah |
| Personal | |
| Born | Syed Abdul Jabbar Shah Tirmizi Around 1870 |
| Died | |
| Resting place | Bacha Killay Buner District |
| Religion | Islam |
| Ethnicity | SyedTirmizi |
| Region | Swat |
| Occupation | King/Ruler |