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of the water, and filled them with artillery, many Telingas (as 

 the fighting men of Arracan are called) and two elephants, in pre- 

 paration for fight. [170, 6.] When the Imperial flotilla entered 

 the mouth of the Knrnfuli, these forts opened fir'e on them with 

 muskets and guns. Ihn Husain sent most of his ships up the 

 river and many of the soldiers hy the bank, and attacked them. 

 After making some vain efforts the garrison of the stockades took 

 to flight. The Mughals burned the forts and returned. 



Arracan Navy Annihilated. 



Now with a strong heart and good hope, Ibn Husain dashed 

 upon the enemy's ships. Captain Moor and other _reringi 



[such as] M 



and Munawwar Khan zemindar, came swiftly from different 

 sides. A great fight was fought. Fire was opened [on the 

 Mughals] from the fort of Chatgaon also. At last the breeze 

 of victory blew on the banners of the Muslims. [17 J, aJ\ The 

 enemy were vanquished ; some of their sailors and soldiers jumped 

 overboard ; some remaining in their ships surrendered as 

 prisoners- Most of the former carried oif their lives, some being 



drowned. Many 



and spears of 



the victors. A few, reaching the bank, carried the news to the 

 fort. Many of the enemy*s ships were sunk by the fire or 

 rainming of the Mughal fleet ; the rest, 135 ships, were captured 

 by the Imperialists ^ and consisted of: — 



Khalu ... 2 



Ghurah ..• 9 

 Jdngi ... 22 



Kosa ... 12 



Jalba ... 67 [Should be 68] 



Balam ... 22 



Meantime, Buzurg Ummed Khan, hearing of the naval battle, 

 [171, Z>] hastened to the neighbourhood of Chatgaon. The cliow- 

 kidars of the fort informed the garrison of the near approach 

 of the Mughal army. This news and the spectacle of the victory 

 of the Imperial fleet struck such terror into the hearts of the 

 garrison and soldiers of the country, that in spite of their large 

 number they fled. 



Night after Battle. 



That night ^ Ibn Husain, sending to the fort two trust- 

 wt)rthy men out of those taken prisoner in tlie ships, wrote to 



1 The operations in the Karnf iili are thus described in the ^Alamgimd- 

 mah, p. 951 : — '• [On the 24th January,] Ibn Husain with the Imperial fleet 

 entered tl»e Karnfuli river and attacked the enemy's fleet that had fled 

 there. A second terrible battle was fought for two praTiars of the day. At 



last the Imperialists ^ined the victory, and the enemy fled, many of them 

 being killed, many others taken prisoner, many drowned after Jumping over- 



1 ,/ J^® '^ZamyZmJmaJi, p. 951, writes -.—"After the victory the Imperial fleet 

 ^'*'P*^- '° *'f Karnf ali below the fort of Chatgraon. Some nf the Ferineis of 

 ChutgHon who hart remained there, and many [p 952] other Ferin<^ia who at 



