amb was a princely state of the former british raj. it governed itself (it had autonomy), but was under the overall suzerainty of the british monarch. amb was ruled by a hereditary prince with the title of nawab. the nawab of amb was the chieftain of the tanoli tribe of pashtun from ghilji confederation in the hazara. in the partition of india in 1947, the nawab of tanolis/tanokhel gave up the independence the state had previously enjoyed by joining the new country of pakistan. amb continued as a distinct state within pakistan until 1969, when it was merged into the former north-west frontier province. the royal status of the nawab was abolished by the government of pakistan in 1972.