H. Blochmann — Koch Bihar and A’sam. 
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They remained for one day and one night at the place of meeting, and hear- 
ing of Zainid'abidin’s arrival, returned to Hajo. It was now resolved that 
’Abdussalam should not leave Hajo ; his brother Muluuddm and Fazil Beg, 
an officer of Islam Khan, who commanded 300 horse and the same number 
of matchlockmen of the Khan’s contingent, were to garrison the thanahs in 
the neighbourhood of Hajo, whilst Zain ul’abidin should push the ships as far 
as Srig’hat, where Asam begins, and try to keep the enemy at bay. Zain ul- 
abidin, therefore, and Muhammad palili, with imperial troops and soldiers 
belonging to Islam Khan’s contingent, and manyZamindars and ships, marched 
forward, and met the enemy, who had advanced two kos beyond Panda. 
The Asamese at once left the two fortified camps which they had erected, and 
attacked the Imperialists. After a severe fight, they were dislodged and lost 
five guns. Zain ul’abidin destroyed their camps, and then marched quickly on 
to Srig’hat, where the Asamese had assembled in force. Fighting was at once 
renewed, and in one of the engagements a Phulcan, i. e., an Asamese chief 
and commander of ten or twelve thousand men, was killed. Five large 
ships, which they call bachhdru, and several kosahs, i. e., ships that have 
one mast,* were taken. On the following day also, the Asamese lost in an 
engagement 300 men, 12 bachhdns, and 40 kosahs. 
Islam Khan had in the meantime collected further reinforcements, and 
intended to take personally the command of the expedition. But on account 
of the great distance of Hajo from Jaliangimagar, where his presence was re- 
quired, he had to give up his plan, and therefore sent his own brother Mir Zain 
nddin, Allah Yar Khan, Muhammad Beg Abakash, ’Abdul Wahhab, Mir 
Qasim Samnani, Amirah Sasan, Sayyid Muhammad Bukhari and others, with 
1500 horse, 4000 matchlockmen and bowmen of his own contingent to 
Hajo. Muhammad Zaman of Tahran, who was Faujdar and Tuyuldar of 
Si I hat, was also ordered to join the detachment. As the Paiks had, in the 
meantime, joined the Asamese, which deprived the Hajo and Srig’hat corps 
of regular supplies, Islam Khan shipped large stores of grain and had them 
conveyed by twenty-five war-kosahs belonging to Ma’fum Zamindar,f who 
also took with him ammunition, weapons, and money. Khwajah Sher, 
Faujdar of G’horag’hat and lately appointed to the Faujdari of Khelah, was 
ordered to join with his detachment Mir Husaini, a servant of the governor, 
who with 200 horse and 300 foot had gone to Koch Bihar to collect the 
peslikash, and then to move to Dhobri. There they were to be joined by 
* Yakchobah, pr. having one pole or beam, one-masted (?). On page 37, the 
term kosah was applied to snch ships as are used to row war-ships. 
The term ghrdb is looked upon by the author of the Padishahnamah 
(Ij p. 431) as a Bengali term. 
t Ma’<jum Zarmndar had also served in command of ships at the conquest of 
Hugh, in the beginning of 1042, A. H. 
