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the fort. Mir Murtaza giving chase slew many of them and 

 captured many other's. Some of the enemy who had taken refuge 

 in the hill [955] came out to surrender, and were made prisoner. 

 Many Muslim ryots of Bengal, who had been kept as captives 

 here, were liberated and returned home, 



Buzurg Ummed Khan hearing of the victory and learning 

 that the king of Arracan was sending a foice by land against 

 Rambuj despatched Miana Khan, Jamal Khan Dilzaq. and many 

 others to reinforce Mir Murtaza. The Mir, after his victory, 

 had posted a company of musketeers on the bank of the river one 

 and half a laos from Rambu, to keep watch for the enemy's 

 arrival. One day suddenly a large force of the enemy with 

 seven elephants issued from the jungle, fell upon the mus- 

 keteers, and dispersed some of them. Mir Murtaza hearing of 

 it, rode with a force to the bank of the river, and in spite of 

 its water being deep and the enemy having begun to make 

 entrenchments on the [other] bank, boldly plunged in with his 

 comrades and crossed over in safety. The enemy, after a hard 

 fight, fled. The victors pursued, slew and captured many of 

 them, and seized 80 guns, many muskets, and other war mate- 

 rials, 



[P. 956.] As the space between Chatgaon and Rambu is 



very hard to cross, full of hills and jungles, and intersected by 

 one or two streams which cannot be crossed without boats, and 

 as in the rainy season the whole path is flooded, and this year 

 there was only a small store of provisions and the rainy season 

 was near, — therefore the sending of the Mughal army into 

 Arracan was put off. Buzurg Ummed Khan, in view of the roads 

 being closed and re-inforcements and provisions being cut off by 

 the rains, very wisely ordered IVIir Murtaza to evacuate K-ambu 

 and fall back with the chiefs, zemindars, prisoners, and peasants 

 of Rambu, on Dakhin-kol, ^ which is close to Chatgaon. He did 



so/' 



^ i.e., *The southern bank of the river. ' 



