[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Bengal, Orissa and the North-East](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.east) › [Riyāẓ al-salāṭīn](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.east.riyaz-al-salatin) › [The Riyazu-s-salatin (Abdus Salam)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.east.riyaz-al-salatin~en-abdus-salam) › 114.1.6 # Riyaz al-salatin 114.1.6 The Riyazu-s-salatin (Abdus Salam) 114.1.6 - **Language:** English ### [114.1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.east.riyaz-al-salatin~en-abdus-salam.114.1.6) On hearing of the defeat at Suti, the Nawab sent his Begams and children to the fort of Rohtas, whilst he himself set out with his general, the Armenian Gurgin Khan, to re-inforce his army that was now concentrated on the banks of the Adhua nalla, a stream taking its rise from the hills north of Rajmahal and flowing to the Ganges. This position was considered to be of strategic importance and impregnable, as it was accessible by only one secret passage. (See Seir, Vol. II, p. 734). On 24th Muharram in 1177 A.H., in the night, the Nawab marched out from the Monghyr Fort. Suspecting treachery from his officers as well as from his prisoners, and his suspicion being fanned by the Armenian Gurgin Khan, the Nawab before leaving Monghyr killed his prisoners, namely, Rajah Ramnarain, the quondam Naib Subadar of Behar, Rajah Rajballab, the quondam Diwan of Nawab Shahamat Jang, Rai Raian Umid Ram, Rajah Fateh Singh, Rajah Buniad Singh (zamindar of Tikari), Shaikh Abdullah, as well as others. The Nawab caused Ramnarain to be thrown into the river below Monghyr fort with a pitcher filled with sand tied to his neck. Gurgin Khan, not satisfied with this work of butchery, incited the Nawab to kill also his English prisoners, consisting of Mr. Elison and Dr. Fullerton and others of the Patna Factory. The Nawab, however, refused to kill them and placed extra guard on them. - [Previous: 114.1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.east.riyaz-al-salatin~en-abdus-salam.114.1.5) - [Next: 114.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.east.riyaz-al-salatin~en-abdus-salam.114.1.7) - [Up: 114.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.east.riyaz-al-salatin~en-abdus-salam.114.1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.east.riyaz-al-salatin~en-abdus-salam.114.1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.east.riyaz-al-salatin~en-abdus-salam.114.1.6) · Pramāṇa