A History of Assam c11.86

c11.86

∗ This is apparently the invasion referred to by the author of the Riyāzussalātin in the following passage:-- "After having reduced the Rajas of the districts as far as Orissa, Husain took tribute from them. After this he resolved to invade the kingdom of Āsām, in the north-east of Bengal, and he set out with a large army of foot and a numerous fleet, and entered the kingdom and subdued it as far as Kāmrup and Kāmatā and other districts. The Raja of the country, unable to withstand, withdrew to the mountains. Sultan Husain left his son with a strong army in Āsām to complete the settlement of the country, and returned victoriously to Bengal. After the return of the Sultan the Prince pacified and guarded the conquered country; but when the rains set in, and the roads were closed, the Raja issued with his men from the hills, surrounded the Prince, and cut off his supplies. In a short time they were all killed." The expeditions against Kāmatā and against the Ahoms are here spoken of as forming part of the same operations. If this were so, there would be an error of more than twenty years in the date given in the Ahom Buranjis, as the fall of Kāmatāpur took place 1498 A.D. The author of the Riyāz does not, however, give his authority for his version, and it does not tell very strongly against the theory that there were in reality two separate expeditions, the one against