A History of Assam c12.19

c12.19

In September, 1619, hostilities were renewed by the Musalmans, who besieged Dharma Nārāyan in his fort on the south bank of the Brahmaputra. An Ahom force was sent to his assistance and took up a position near that of the Muhammadans. For six weeks the two armies faced each other. The Ahoms then forced an engagement, in which the Muhammadans were worsted; large numbers were killed, and the rest fled to Hājo, leaving ten cannon, fifty guns and many other weapons, as well as some horses, buffaloes and cattle, in the hands of the Ahoms. After the battle, Dharma Nārāyan and a number of frontier chiefs, including those of Dimarua and Hojāi, again made their submission to Pratāp Singh. The latter, it is said, endeavoured to induce the Raja of Koch Bihār to make common cause with him against the Muhammadans, but his overtures were rejected.