Riyaz al-salatin 114.1.8

114.1.8

The Nawab's army were in a false sense of security, fancying the position impregnable, and thinking that the secret passage to it was unknown to the English. The Nawab's army under Asadullah Khan, the Frenchman Sumroo, the Armenians, Malkar and Antony, were surprised by this night-attack of the English and defeated (Seir, Vol. II, p. 738), and dispersed on 26th Safar, 1177 A.H. On the second or third day, the news of this disaster reached the Nawab, who now moved to the Monghyr Fort. After halting there two or three days, he left that place with Gurgin Khan and others, placing the Fort in charge of one Arab Ali Khan, a protege and creature of Gurgin Khan, and reached the Kohua nulla. At this time, a leading nobleman named Ali Ibrahim Khan counselled the Nawab to release the English prisoners, named Messrs. Ellis, Jee, and Lushington and others, or at least to send their wives by boat to Major Adams. The Nawab referred Ali Ibrahim Khan to Gurgin Khan, the Armenian evil genius of the Nawab. The Armenian said no boats were available, and refused to listen to the humane counsel of Ali Ibrahim Khan. On the way, Gurgin Khan was hacked to pieces with the sword by some horseman, whose pay was in arrear. The Nawab moved from Kohua nulla to Barh, where Jagat Set and his brother Sarupchand were put to the sword under Nawab's orders.