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Riyaz al-salatin 104.1.5

The Riyazu-s-salatin (Abdus Salam) 104.1.5

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104.1.5

In the Subah of Bengal, in the district of Bardwan, Subha Singh, zamindar of Chitwah and Bardah, revolted, whilst Rahim Khan the cut-nosed, who was leader of the Afghans, joined the former with a contingent of Afghans. Kishan Ram, zamindar of Bardwan, who smarted under the former's oppressions advanced with his force to encounter him, and was killed. And the latter's wives and children, together with all his effects and fought, in which the Arrakanese were defeated. The Arrakanese fleet then moved up to the Karanphuli river. Under orders of Buzurg Umed Khan, Mir Murtaza cutting down the jungles, and laying down a road, moved up by land to near the Karanphuli, to re-inforce the Imperial fleet, Buzurg Umed Khan himself similarly moving up. A severe naval engagement took place in the Karanphuli river, in which the Mags were crushingly defeated, and Buzurg Umed Khan stormed Chittagong fort, captured the Arrakanese fleet, and subdued the whole tract of Chittagong, and 132 Arrakanese war-vessels, with guns, armaments and elephants, were captured. Emperor Aurangzeb ordered Chittagong to be named Islamabad, and conferred gifts on Nawab Shaista Khan, and raised his son Buzurg Umed Khan to the rank of Hazar-o-Pansadi, and Farhad Khan to the rank of Hazar-o-Pansadi, and conferred on Mir Murtaza the title of 'Majahid Khan,' and on Ibn-i-Husain the title of Muzaffar Khan, and raised Manuar zamindar to the rank of Hazar-o-Pansadi.