[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) › 2 # Riyaz al-salatin 2: Section I. A Description of the Boundaries and Environs of the Country of Bengal. The Riyazu-s-salatin (Abdus Salam) 2 - **Language:** English ### [2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.east.riyaz-al-salatin~en-abdus-salam.2) Be it known to the way-farers of the climes of travels and histories that the Subah of Bengal is, in the second climate. From Islamabad, otherwise known as Chittagong, to Teliagadhi, that is, from east to west, the length is 400 Karoh, and its breadth from north to south, that is, from the mountains in the north to Sarkar Madaran, which is the southern limit of this Subah, is 200 Karoh. And since in the period of Jalal-uddin Muhammad Akbar Padshah Ghazi, the Subah of Orissa was conquered by Kalapahar and annexed to the Empire of the Sovereigns of Delhi, and made a part of the Subah of Bengal, the extent of the latter Subah became extended by 43 karoh in length and by 20 karoh in breadth. In the southern limits of this Subah is the sea, and towards its north and east, are high mountains, and on the west, it adjoins the Subah of Behar. During the rule of Emperor Akbar, 'Isa Khan Afghan conquering the eastern provinces struck coin and recited Khutba in the name of Akbar, and annexed it to the Subah of Bengal. There are twenty-eight Sarkars with eighty-seven mahals in this Subah. In past times, the fixed revenue of this Subah was fifty-nine kror eighty-four lak, fifty-nine thousand and three hundred, and nineteen dams, which is equal to about one kror forty-nine lak, sixty-one thousand four hundred and eighty-two rupees and fifteen annas in sicca Rupees. Twenty-three thousand three hundred and thirty cavalry, eight lak infantry, 1,170 elephants, 4,260 guns, 4,400 boats. Remembering that the army was not generally paid in coin, but by bestowal of fiefs or military jagirs, even at this distance of time, it is not difficult to imagine how Bengal was overrun by colonies of Musalman feudal barons. — See Ain-i-Akbari, Vol. II, p. 129 and Vol. I, p. 370. - [Previous: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.east.riyaz-al-salatin~en-abdus-salam.1) - [Next: 3.1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.east.riyaz-al-salatin~en-abdus-salam.3.1.1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.east.riyaz-al-salatin~en-abdus-salam.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.east.riyaz-al-salatin~en-abdus-salam.2) · Pramāṇa