Riyaz al-salatin 98: RULE OF NAWAB ISLAM KHAN.

98

When Nawab Islam Khan was appointed Subadar of Bengal, as he was an experienced and a sagacious ruler, on his arrival in the Subah, he vigorously set himself to the work of administration. He organised a punitive expedition against the refractory Assamese, and also planned to conquer Kuch Behar and Assam. Marching towards those tracts and fighting many battles, he chastised those wicked tribes, recovered the Imperial mahals which had been over-run by the latter, and marched against Kuch Behar. After much fightings, he stormed numerous forts, and then extirpated the refractory Assamese. At this juncture, Islam Khan was recalled by Shah Jahan, for the purpose of being installed in the office of Vazir. And order was sent to Nawab Saif Khan to the effect that the Nizamat of Bengal was assigned to Prince Muhammad Shuj'a, and that until the latter's arrival, he should, as Prince's Deputy, carry on the work of Bengal administration. As Islam Khan, in the very midst of fighting, had to march back to the Imperial presence, the work of Assam conquest was left incomplete, and his departure was a signal for fresh disturbances amongst the Assamese. This happened towards the end of the 11th year of Shah Jahan's reign.