Riyaz al-salatin 105.2.11

105.2.11

It had on the north-west the chaklah of Akbarnagar (Rajmahal) and the passes of Sakrigali and Tiliagadhi, the 'Key' to Bengal, on the south-west, Birbhum, Pachit and Bishanpur, the road to Jharkand, and the forests and hilly passes for the ingress and egress of freebooters and armies from the Dakhin and Hindustan, on the south-east, the chaklah of Bardwan, the road to Orissa, and Hughli and Hijli (ports for the arrival of ships of Christian and other traders), and the chaklahs of Jasar (Jessore) and Bhusnah, and on the east the chaklah of Jahangirnagar (Dacca), which then constituted the Viceregal Capital of this Subah, and to which pertained frontier outposts like those of Islamabad or Chittagong, and Silhat and Rangamati, and on the north, the chaklahs of Ghoraghat and Rangpur and Kuch Behar. The above mentioned Khan, without taking permission from the Prince, migrated to Makhsusabad with the officers of Zamindars and Qanungos and Revenue officials in charge of crown-lands, and settled down there, but when the news of the disturbance created by the naqdis reached the Emperor in the Dakhin through the medium of News-letters and Court-records, and through the Report of Kar Talab Khan containing denunciation of the Prince, an Imperial edict couched in threatening language was addressed to the Prince to the following effect : "Kar Talab Khan is an officer of the Emperor;