History of Orissa from the Earliest Times to the British Period v2.c37.20

v2.c37.20

Within a short time Shāhbāz Khān also became tired of Bengal and strenuously attempted to return to Court. Akbar sent Sazāwāls to make him return to his province, where Ma’sūm Khān Kābulī and ’Isā Khān of Sonārgāon had joined hands. Both of them submitted and though many Afghans left Qatlū Khān he was left quietly in possession of Orissa. The Akbarnāmā at this stage describes a Mughal campaign in a country called Kokra, which is described as being situated between Orissa and the Deccan and which Beveridge proposes to identify with Chhota Nagpur, which is clearly inadmissible.¹