History of Orissa from the Earliest Times to the British Period v2.c38.33

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Complaints against Bāqir Khān’s administration of Orissa reached the Court many times. It was alleged that Bāqir collected the Zamindars of Orissa together and then threw them into prison in order to extort money. Seven hundred captives were massacred and only one escaped to Court and laid his case before Shāh Jahān. This fugitive produced a rent roll showing that Bāqir had collected forty lakhs of rupees from Orissa. Bāqir Khān was recalled in consequence and asked to account for this money. His successor was Muta’qād Khān alias Mīrzā Maki, who took charge of the province in 1632. Bruton mentions one Agha Muhammad Zaman Tihrānī as the Governor in May 1633 who issued a farmān authorising the English to trade in Orissa. Mutaqād Khān was sent back in 1634.