Riyaz al-salatin 9.2

9.2

The aforesaid Khan, being appointed independent ruler of the district, after much fighting expelled Durjan Singh, son of Bir Shah, the Rajah of Birnagar, who was disloyal and refractory, and brought the aforesaid pargana under his subjection, and having thoroughly chastised the other malcontents freed the roads from all perils. He represented the state of affairs to the Emperor, and submitted that the mahals were small, and that his stay in this mahal was unlucrative. In consequence, the Emperor Aurangzeb wrote to Jafar Khan as follows : " I have sent to you a lion, putting him in a cage. If he does not get his food, he is certain to give you trouble." The aforesaid Nawab, who regarded the stay of such a person to be a boon, remitted all the outstanding revenue due from him, and made concession in view of the suitable maintenance of his rank and station. The above Khan, following the example of Jafar Khan, imprisoned all the zemindars of that district, and did not omit any means of realising the revenue. So that realising eighteen lakhs of rupees from those mahals, he appropriated them to his own use, and day by day the strength of his government and finances and of his army increased. And making peace with the zemindars of the Murang, he commenced to cut jungles and to bring them under cultivation. Bringing under cultivation half the wastes up to the foot of the mountains of the Murang, and placing it under his rule, he enlarged his country and his resources.