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H. Blochmann - Zuif/f BiMr and A’sam. 
[No. 1, 
V. 
The Conquest of Ghargaon. 
On the 1st Sha’bin, 1072 [12th March, 1602], the Nawab left Lak'hu- 
gar, crossed the nalali, and encamped at the Naosal, or arsenal, of the 
Rajah. Next day, they came to Dewalgaon, where the spiritual guide of 
the Rajah lives, crossed a nalah, the water of which reached up to the saddles 
of the horses, and encamped on the banks. An idol temple and a line garden, 
near the Billing River, are the sights of Dewalgaon. There were plenty of 
orange trees, full of very large and unusually juicy oranges. They were sold 
in the camp at ten for a pice. ’All Elza Beg was made Thanahdar of 
Dewalgaon. 
Several Muhammadans of the place informed the Nawab that the Rajah 
kept a large number of Musalmans imprisoned, and had fled with his 
valuables to Namrup. 
On the 4th Sha’ban [15th March], the Nawab set out, and encamped at 
the village of Gajpur. Farhad Khan and Mir Sayyid Muhammad Diwan 
i tan, and other Amirs, were ordered to march quickly to Ghargaon, and seize 
upon the elephants and other property, which the Nawab had heard were 
still there. Anwar Beg, a servant of the Nawab, was made Thanahdar of 
Gajpur. Four elephants were here also seized. 
On the 5th Sha’ban, [16th March] the Nawab encamped at Taramhani 
which is the name of the confluence of the Dik’ho and the Billing, 
and made Nurullah, one of his servants, Thanahdar of Taramhani. He col- 
lected here much cattle. Muhammad Muqim was ordered to seize on Nam- 
dlng, # a place between Taramhani and Ghargaon and a nalah, which comes 
from the hill and passes it. 
Researches, forms with the Bnri or Lohit Branch the Majoli Island. Mr. Peat informs 
me that the Lohit is the old bed of tho Brahmaputra ; the Dik’ho and the Disang fell 
into the Dihing, and the Majoli Island was joined to Muttok by an isthmus. On 
modern maps the name of Dihing is not used ; the Lohit is looked upon as a branch, 
and the former Dihing branch is now called Brahmaputra. On no map have I found 
Lak’hugar, which circumstance may be due to tho shifting of the stream. But if it lay at 
the confluence of the modern Lohit and Brahmaputra, it can scarcely be identical with 
the Lockwa mentioned on p. 38 j for the distance of tho point of confluence from 
Ghargaon is more than a geographical degree. Nor can I find the place Solahgar, 
‘ which lies between Kulyabar and Lak’hugar.’ 
* Dewalgaon lies two miles N. E of the point where tho Ladkiitgaj-h crosses the 
Sioni A1 (or Alii, which seems to be the word now-a-days used in A'sam). Gajpur lies 
two miles from Jorhat,. At Gajpur the Nawab was on the Sioni A1 ; ho then turned off 
to the Bor Al, on which Taramhani must have been. Mr. Foster suggests to alter the 
Taramhani of the MSS. to Ta/rah-hdnt which means ‘a feeding-ground.’ The 
letters he and mtm are constantly confused in MSS., and Mr. B’oster’s conjecture does 
the reading of the MSS. no violence. It is also significant that at Tarahani the Nawab 
