The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c19.15

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But even at Dacca Shujāʻ could make no stand. The *zamīndārs* rose against him, and Mīr Jumla arrived there hard on his heels. So, the prince finally abandoned Bengal on 22 May, 1660, and sailed for Chittagong to seek an asylum with the Magh Rājā of Arakan. Here his unquiet ambition brought him to a tragic end. With the help of the Musalman settlers in Arakan he planned to seize the throne of his protector and then advance once more for the recovery of Bengal. But the conspiracy was betrayed and the Mughul prince in trying to escape was pursued and cut down in the jungle (January, 1661).¹