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rice, without salt, and limes were the only things that could he had, and fever 
and dysentery soon raged as had as in Mat’hurapur. Muhammad Mumin of 
Tabriz, the Waqi’ahnawis, died. 
A bridge which the Imperialists had made over the Dik’lio, was torn 
away by the current, but was at last built again. 
XIV. 
A change for the letter. 
The rains ceased about the middle of f afar [end of September, 1662], 
Makrdhaj, Bajah of Durang, had died in Mat’hurapur, and his mother 
who held the reigns of the government during his absence, favoured the 
Imperialists, and placed men at the disposal of the Faujdar of Gawahatti. 
Communications now became easier. On the 21st Babi’ I. [21th October, 
1662], the first supplies arrived by land, and on the 28tli, the ships with 
the provisions landed at Ghargaon. 
The Asamese gradually withdrew, and the Bajah went to Solagorl, 
and then back to Namrup. Bijdili and Karkumba, the two principal 
Phukans, were intrenched on the Dill! Biver, and Bijdili sent again an 
ambassador expressing his willingness to conclude peace, should the Imperia- 
lists withdraw from the country. But his offers were not listened to. 
About this time orders came from court in which Ihtisham Khan was 
appointed Governor of A'sam and Bashld Khfin Faujdar of Kamrup. The 
latter refused on account of the unhealthiness of the climate, and Ihtisham 
Khan also begged to be excused. 
On the 8th Babl’ II. [10th November, 1662], Abul Hasan was ordered 
to take back the provision ships to Taramhtai, and then to take the 
entrenchments of Bijdili in the rear. QarawalKhan was to accompany him. 
XV. 
The Nawab takes the offensive. Pursuit of the Bajah. 
Abul Hasan succeeds in destroying some entrenchments held by the 
Asamese, and set out for Bijdili’s trenches, whilst the Nawab, too, marches 
towards the Dihing to support him. But Bijdili withdrew. The Nawab 
reaches the Dihing. Has a fainting fit. Badll Phdkan pays his respects 
with his three brothers. The defection of the Phukans alarmed the Bajah, 
and as he had been dissatisfied with Bijdili’s operations, he killed him and 
his whole family, males and females. Numerous letters also arrived from 
the Bajah and the Phukans, but the Nawab paid no attention to them. 
Badli Pliukan submits a plan how to hunt down the Bajah, and with 
the Nawab’s permission collects between three and four thousand fighting 
men, and is appointed fiibahdar of the country between Ghargaon and 
Narurup. 
