A History of Assam c14.83

c14.83

The Singphos remained to be reckoned with, and also the Khāmtis, who had established themselves at Sadiya during the recent period of anarchy. The former were attacked and put to flight in 1798, while the latter were defeated in 1800, with the loss of many killed, including their Burhā Raja, and numerous prisoners. The prisoners were taken to Rangpur and settled, some on the Desoi river north of Jorhat and some at Titābar. It is said that in this battle the Khāmtis were aided by other Shān tribes, such as Narās and Phakiāls, and also by the Abors, at whose hands they had some time previously suffered a defeat, in the course of hostilities arising from the kidnapping, by them, of certain Miris owning allegiance to the Abors. After their defeat by the Ahoms, the Khāmtis seem to have disappeared for a time; and they did not again become paramount in Sadiya until the final collapse of the Ahom power in the reign of Chandrakānt.