The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c19.54

v4.c19.54

“The coming over of the Feringis gave composure to the minds of the people of Bengal”, and on 24 December an expedition by land and sea left Dacca for Chittagong, under the governor’s son Buzurg Ummed Khān and admiral Ibn Husain. The fleet moved close to the coast, while the army marched parallel to it, cutting a way through the jungle and naturally lagging some distance behind. The brunt of the fighting fell on the fleet (288 vessels) or rather on the forty ships of the Feringis which formed the imperial vanguard. Two battles were fought at sea (2 and 3 February, 1666) in which the Maghs were defeated and driven back upon Chittagong. A third battle, in the river below that town, resulted in the entire Magh squadron (135 vessels) of that region being captured. The fort of Chittagong capitulated to the fleet on 5 February, when the land force also arrived.