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distributed alms to the poor, and ordered the music of joy to 

 play. Wealth beyond measure was given to the Feringi pirates 

 and one month's pay as bounty to his own officers and the crew of 



the natvwQra. 



[173, «.] That very day the N^awwab sent a despatch on the 

 victoiy to the Emperor. Wlien it arrived at Court, ^ the Em- 

 peror ordered joyous music to be played. Rewards were given 

 to all concerned in the conquest : the Xawwab was presented 

 with a costly jewelled sword of the Emperor, two elephants, 

 two horses with gold trappings, a special khil*'at^ and an Imperial 

 farman of praise. [173, fc.] Buzurg Ummed Khan, Farhad Khan, 

 Mir Murtaza, Ibn Husain, and Muhammad Beg Abakash were 

 promoted, Ibn Husain got the title of Mansur^Khan, and Mir 

 Murtaza that of Mujahid Khan. 



Nkw Govkknaient of Chatgaon. 



[175,6.] On tbe 27th January, s 1666, Buzurg Ummed Khan 

 entered the fort of Chatgaon, reassured the people that their lives 

 were safe, and firmly forbade his soldiers to oppress the people, 

 in order to cause the place to be well-populated and prosperous. 



[Here the Bodleian MS. ends abruptly. I give the conclud- 

 ino: portion of the campaign from the ^ Xlamgir^iamah^ pp. 953- 



956,] 



[P. 953.] Buzurg Ummed Khan stayed at Cliatgaon for some 

 time to settle its affairs. Miana Khan was sent to the north of 

 Chatgaon to reassure tlie peasantry and to establish a thanah. 

 Taj Miana, with his followers and 100 musketeers, was appointed 

 as thdnaJhdar and guard of the roads from Chatgaon to the bank 

 of the Peni river. 



Rambu taken and abandoned. 



The port of Rambu ^ [p. 954] is four days* journey from 

 Chatgaon, and midway between Chatgaon and Arracan. A large 

 body of the enemy defended its fort. Mir Murtaza was ordered to 

 that direction, to win over tlie peasantry^ learn all about the paths 

 and feri'ies of that region, and if he found it possible to go to the 

 place and besiege it. The Mir, after traversing diflBcult roads, 

 dense jungles, and terrible rivers, at the end of 12 days arrived 

 within one kos of Rambu. Next day, at morn he stormed the 

 fort. The Arracan king's brother nnmed Rawli, who held the 

 government of this place, tried his best to oppose, but being 

 worsted, he fled with the garrison to a jungle close to a hill near 



i " At the end of Sh'aban [February 1666] " according to the 'Alamglr- 



ndmahy p. 956: — '* The Emperor ordered Chatgaon to he renamed Islama- 

 bad." 



^ 2Iazaffar, according to the 'Alamgirndmah, 



3 The date is left black in the Bodleian MS. ; I have supplied it from the 

 ^Aiamgirndmah, 



* Ramoo in Eennell, Sheet 1. 



