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H. Blochmann — Koch Bihar and A'sdm. 
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the vakil, and ordered Rajah Suhhan Singh Bundelah* with an imperial 
corps and Mirza Beg, one of his own officers, with 1000 horse, to occupy 
Koch Bihar. 
As soon as the Asamese heard of the approach of Rashid Khan, they 
withdrew from Karihari and the neighbouring places, and returned at last 
beyond the Bands river [opposite Gwalp&ra], Rashid Khan thought their 
sudden retreat to be a snare, and refused to advance beyond four stages from 
Jahangirnagar ; but on receiving further supplies under Sayyid Yusuf, who 
during Shuja’s government had been Faujdar of Karihari, he occupied that 
Parganab, and soon after took possession of Rangamati. Here he remained, 
and reported to the governor that the Asamese were making extensive 
preparations to recover the lost territory. 
Suhhan Singh in the meantime advanced to Yak Duar ; but seeing 
that Rashid Khan did not press forward, he, too, remained where he was, 
especially as the rains had set in, and sent discouraging reports to the go- 
vernor. By ‘ Du;ir’ a fortified gateway is meant, built of mortar and bricks, 
which stands upon a broad dl, or raised road,f mostly overgrown with trees, 
and surrounded by deep and broad ditches and jungle, where the treacherous 
inhabitants of these districts use to hide. 
The governor saw that matters could no longer be left in the hands of 
his officers, and on obtaining the necessary orders from court, he prepared 
himself to invade Koch Bihar and A'sam. 
The Conquest of Koch Bihar in 1661. 
On the 18th Rabi’ I., 1072 [1st November, 1661, A. D.], the fourth year 
of Aurangzib’s reign, the Nawab [Mir Jumlah] started from Jahangirnagar, 
leaving Ihtisham Khan in Khizrpiir to protect the capital. MukhliQ Khan 
garrisoned Akbarnagar (Rajmahall), and all financial matters were left to Bha- 
* The Bibl. Indioa Edition of the ’Alamgirn&mah must he used with care, as the 
proper nanios are mostly all wrong. Thus on p. 679, should be p, 
680, JLr 5 " should be ; p. 681 and in the whole narrative, ,_£wI;e** should be 
Aghar Khan is also doubtful, the correct spoiling being perhaps 
Ighyr Khan. On p. 690, for and read the same forms 
with b ; p. 692, read for • p. 693, — >7 for ; P- 694 o 
for ; p. 696 yi\ G for^i • Do., for ; p. 700, jodb for 
* <xili j p. 703, for j Do., for^A,X*3. ’ p. 713jlii &.x„, for 
jliLi for pp. 720, 721, for • p. 722, aljj for 
j p. 727, lilf for ^ Ills’, These are only mistakes in proper nouns, 
f Abulfazl thinks that the raised roads, or dls, in Bengal, have given rise to the 
name of the country, Bmga-al, 
