Riyaz al-salatin 102.6

102.6

In that the sorcery of the Assamese is well known, the Khan-i-Khanan was affected by their sorcery. For some time he was laid up with pains on the liver and heart ; daily these increased, and pointed to a fatal termination. Although he got himself treated, no beneficial effect was perceptible. He was, therefore, obliged to leave behind Mir Murtaza and other commanders. Leaving garrisons at every strategic point, he proceeded to a hill, and from thence, owing to his illness increasing, he set out on a barge for Jahangirnagar (Dacca). At a distance of two kroh from Khizrpur, on the 2nd of the month of Ramzan 1073 A.H., corresponding to the 5th year of Emperor Aurangzeb's accession, he died on board the vessel. Subsequently, the garrisons of the outposts evacuated their outlying posts, but the Rajah's daughter stayed behind with the tribute, as the Rajah refused to take her back into his household.