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In my* account oiCbittigongy in the preceding volume, I have 

 related the fhare this kingdom took in the affairs of Hindoojlan, 

 by reafon of the fupport it gave thtPortuguefe pirates. I fhall now 

 take notice of a very remarkable event which befel Aracan^ the 

 refult of the misfortunes of Sultan Sujab, the fecond fon of the Of Sultan 



SUJAH. 



emperor Shab Jeba7iy and the unfortunate brother of that fuc- 

 (pefsful hypocrite Aureng^ebe, After Sujab had long made head 

 againft the ufurper, he was at length obliged to retire from his 

 faftnefs near Monghier to Dacca^ and from thence to the king- 

 dom of Aracan. He had previoufly fent his fon to the king 

 of the country, to implore his protection. This was imme- 

 diately promifed, and the unhappy prince embarked with his 

 whole family on board the veflels of the Portugueje pirate?, fet- 

 tled in the mouths of the Ganges, intending to profit of the 

 favor of the infidel monarch, till he could procure a Ihip to 

 convey him to the holy city of Mecca. From thence he in- 

 tended to go to the courts of Turky or Perjia^ in hopes of an 

 afylum in one or other of the dominions of thofe mighty poten- 

 tates. Sujab is faid foon to have difcovered the perfidy of his 

 royal hoft, who had entered into a treaty with the General of 

 AurengzebCy to deliver into his hands, for a fum of money, the 

 fugitive fultan. This came to the ears of that prince, who rafhly 

 determined on revenge. He entered into a confpiracy againft 

 the Aracan monarch, gained over a certain number of MahO" 

 m£tans reCident in the country, and with thofe, and the few who 

 were left of his train, refolved to force his way into the palace, 

 to kill the king, and caufe himfelf to be proclamed fovcreign. 



• Outlines of the Globe, vol. ii. p. 372. 



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