A History of Assam c12.99

c12.99

∗ This naval defeat of the Ahoms is described by the Muhammadan historians and by the Dutch author of The Loss of the Ter Schelling. It is not mentioned in the Buranjis, which are usually perfectly frank in admitting reverses. In some of them, it is stated that Jayadhvaj Singh ordered an attack to be made on the Muhammadan fleet but that the Deodhāis examined the legs of fowls and found the omens unfavourable; they are silent as to what followed, but the defeat may be inferred from the subsequent statement that the king was informed of the defeat of his land and naval forces.