The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c16.26

v4.c16.26

Meanwhile the conquest of Bengal proceeded but slowly, owing to dissensions between the officers and the sloth and insubordination of the troops. Mun‘im Khān made Tāndā his headquarters and left the direction of operations in the field chiefly to Todar Mal. Ghorāghāt,¹ Sātgāon² and Burdwān were occupied, but an imperial force was defeated in Chotā Nāgpur by Junaid Kararānī, Dāūd’s cousin, against whom Todar Mal was obliged to advance in person. He defeated him, and occupied Midnapore, but Junaid soon recovered from his defeat, and marched into Bihār, which had been invaded by another Afghān force under Tāj Khān. The imperial governor, Muzaffar Khān Turbatī, was thus obliged to deal with two rebel forces and also to recover Hājīpur, which another body of Afghāns had recaptured, but after many vicissitudes he succeeded in expelling all the rebels and in restoring order in the province.