A History of Assam c12.179

c12.179

About the same time two Muhammadan officials arrived with presents (originally intended for Jayadhvaj Singh) and a reminder that the balance of the indemnity was overdue. The king received them coolly; he complained that their master had not kept faith with him in the matter of the boundary, and that the prisoners taken during the late war had not been released. It is said that, on receiving this reply, Aurangzeb promised to give up any portion of the newly-acquired country that had not previously been included in the dominions of the Koch kings, but, in spite of this, Chakradhvaj still withheld payment of the outstanding portion of the indemnity. Rashid Khān, the Faujdar of Gauhāti, again sent a messenger to ask for it, but, as he would not agree to make the customary obeisance on entering the royal presence, the king refused to receive him. The messenger afterwards gave way and obtained an audience, but he failed to get any portion of the money and elephants that were still due, the excuse being that there was no money in the treasury and that the elephants could not be sent until they were properly trained.