A History of Assam c12.112
A History of Assam c12.112
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c12.112
About this time, negotiations for peace were opened, but accounts differ as to who began them. They fell through, the Buranjis say, because the terms offered were not accepted, while the Muhammadan writers assert that the Ahom Commander-in-Chief had agreed to them subject to the approval of the king, but changed his mind on the Muhammadan main body retreating from Mathurapur to Garhgāon. This he interpreted as a sign of weakness, but, in reality, it was occasioned by a bad outbreak of epidemic disease at Mathurapur, and the consequent necessity of moving the troops to fresh quarters.*