The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c19.11
The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c19.11
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From the field of victory Aurangzīb sent a division, 30,000 strong, under his son Muhammad Sultān and Mīr Jumla in pursuit of Shujāʿ, who fled eastwards, making a stand only at Monghyr and again at Sāhibganj (near the Sakrigalī or Teliyāgarhī pass) by blocking the narrow road there. But at each of these places Mīr Jumla turned his left by making a détour through the jungles under the guidance of the local *zamīndārs*. Finally, after a short halt at Rājmahāl, Shujāʿ evacuated the right bank of the Ganges and crossed over to the Mālda district. The imperialists immediately occupied Rājmahāl (23 April, 1659).