86 H. Blochmann — Koch Bihar and A’sam. [No. 1,- 
On the 20th Sha’ban, the Nawab moved to Mat’hurapur, and A'dam Khan 
marched eight kos farther towards Parganah Abhipfir.* He had repeatedly 
to fight with the Asamese. The enemies also made night-attacks on Jalal 
Khan from the other side of the Hilling. But they were every time repelled, 
and Jalal Khan and his Baryabadi men became objects of terror for the 
Asamese. Miyanah Khan’s position at Salliati protected the inhabitants of 
that district. On the whole, the Dak’hinkol was in the hands of the Imperial- 
ists, and the inhabitants were satisfied with their condition. The people of 
Uttarkol also thought of submitting, but fate decreed otherwise. 
VIII. 
The rains set in. 
At the beginning of the rains, the Asamese made a night attack upon 
’All Rizii, the Thanahdar at Bewalgaon, who was enforced by a detachment, 
which the Nawab sent him under Yadgar Khan Uzbak. 
A flotilla with provisions sent by Ibn i Husain under the command of 
Muhammad Murad from Lak’hugar, arrived safely at Ghargaon [up the 
Dik’ho]. 
On the 1st Shawwal, an attack was made upon Anwar Beg, Thanahdar 
of Gajpur. He and his men were killed. Gajpur thus fell into the hands of 
the Asamese, who now made trenches on the other side of the Hilling as far 
as Lak’hugar, in order to cut off the supplies of the army. Sarand&z Khan 
Uzbak was at once sent off by the Nawab to recover Gajpur. Ho reached 
Mauza’ Tik,+ beyond which he could not pass without ships on account of 
the mud in the nalahs. The Nawab ordered Muhammad Murad to go with 
several ships to his assistance. But the two commanders could not agree, 
and on the 14th Shawwal, Sarandaz Khan went back to Tik, and Muhammad 
Murad pushed forward. He was suddenly attacked at night by the Asamese ; 
his men were in the greatest confusion, and his whole fleet was captured and 
the sailors were killed. Only a few Afghans escaped to bring the tale of the 
disaster to Bewalgaon. The Hilling River in the meantime rose, and the 
Asamese attacked the Baryabadis at Salliati, whilst the water that rushed 
of tlie * Assam Company.’ TVTr. Foster tells me tliat according to a native tradition, five 
Asamese once went up to the hills to make a puja and curse a deity, when a little 
stream suddenly rose and engulfed them. The littlo stream was called Deopani. 
* On the maps Obeypore, S. E. of Ghargaon. The name is very frequent in the 
whole district south of Sibsagar. 
When Aurangzib received the Nawab’ s official reports, he made him a commander 
of 7000, 7000 horse, 5000 dimspah sihaspah troopers, and added to his jagir certain 
mahalls the revenue of which was 1 kror dams, or 2$ lacs rupees. ’ A'lwmgtrndmah, 
p. 741. 
f Evidently the Tiok River, 3 miles above Gajpur. The ’ A'lamgfmdmah (Bibl. 
Indica Edition, p. 779) has for 
