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more defeated by Aurangzeb. Pursued by the Imperialists, he 
retreated to Akbarnagar, where he entrenched himself. Unable 
to maintain himself there, he crossed over the river to Tanda, 
and the Imperialists occupied Akbarnagar. Shuj‘a adorned the 
town with many handsome edifices His palace is in ruins. 
During Shahjahan’s reign the mint was in active work, coining 
rupees and probably mohurs. 
Aurangzeb’s first governor, Mir Jumla, removed the head- 
quarters again to Dacea, evidently in the 
beginning of his rule (1659 A.D.). Regard- 
A.D.) 
Capital removed to 
ing this removal Tavernier (1665 
Dacca, 1070 
remarked :— 
‘*Formerly the Governors of Bengal resided here. [RAj- 
mahal], it being an excellent country for hunting, besides 
that it was a place of great trade. But now the river having 
taken another course, above a good half league from the city, 
as well for that reason as to keep in awe the king of Aracan 
and several Portuguese banditti, who are retired to the mouths 
of the Ganges and made excursion even as far as Daca itself; 
both the Governour and the merchants have removed them- 
selves to Dacca.” 
The mint, however, kept up coining gold and silver 
Its later Mint coins, and the trade also did not die out 
— with the removal of the capital. The 
European traders used to keep here agents to look after the 
local trade, the passage of boats from the upcountry and the 
coinage in this mint went on till the British conquest of Bengal. 
MAkustsABAD, MuRsHIDABAD. 
According to Riyaz, a merchant named Makhsiis Khan 
aia built a sarai there, and the place was. 
Makhstssbad. called after him Makhsiistbad.’ Accord- 
ing to Tieffanthaler, Makhsusibad was founded in the time of 
Akbar. The Ain gives the name of a grandee Makhsus Khan 
(No. 70), wh gal : - -o : 
brother of the Bengal Viceroy, Said Khan. In Hajipur, opposite 
1 Diary of William Hedges, Yule, i, 50, 53, 57, 62, 69, 70, etc. 
2 I.M.C., iii, p. 257, No. 2194. 
8 Riyaz, p. 28. 
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