[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Mughals (1526–1857)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal) › [Later Mughals (1707–1857)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later) › [Bayān-i wāqiʿ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later.bayan-i-waqi) › [Bayan-i Waki', of Khwaja 'Abdu-l Karim Khan (Elliot & Dowson, extracts)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later.bayan-i-waqi~en-elliot) › 2.6 # Bayan-i waqiʿ 2.6 Bayan-i Waki', of Khwaja 'Abdu-l Karim Khan (Elliot & Dowson, extracts) 2.6 - **Language:** English ### [2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later.bayan-i-waqi~en-elliot.2.6) Bengal is an extensive country and fertile, and produces a large revenue. The climate, however, is very damp, on account of the quantity of rain that falls and its proximity to the salt sea. The inhabitants of that district, like those of Kashmir and Mazandaran, live chiefly on rice. On the 1st of the month Muharram, in the year 1156 a.h., I left Murshidabad, after a sojourn there of seven months, and as I was afraid of the Mahratta troops, which were scattered over that part of the country, I crossed the river, and set out in the direction of 'Azimabad (Patna), by way of Puraniya and Tirhut. Although the inhabitants of Puraniya suffer under chronic disease from the unhealthiness of their climate, yet, as the Nawab Saif Khan, brother of Mir Khan, keeps his district in complete order and discipline, they are free and untouched by other calamities. The city of 'Azimabad (Patna) is a well-populated and clean place, and the waters of the Ganges and Jumna, and all the canals of the district round, collected together, flow by the city, and then take their course through Bengal to the great ocean. The Europeans here have built good houses, and are engaged in commerce. The leaves of the betel-tree are very good here, and they carry them hand by hand to distant places. The rice, too, of 'Azimabad is more tasty than that of Bengal, and the rich men buy it and eat it. - [Previous: 2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later.bayan-i-waqi~en-elliot.2.5) - [Next: 2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later.bayan-i-waqi~en-elliot.2.7) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later.bayan-i-waqi~en-elliot.2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later.bayan-i-waqi~en-elliot.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later.bayan-i-waqi~en-elliot.2.6) · Pramāṇa