History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v3.c41.s10: §18. Treaty of peace.
History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v3.c41.s10
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§18. Treaty of peace.
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Meantime the Ahom king and nobles despairing of resistance, had been making overtures of peace. And now Mir Jumla listened to them, and through Dilir Khan's mediation a treaty was signed on the following terms :
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(i) Jayadhwaj would send his daughter and the sons of the Tipam Rajah to the Mughal Court.
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(ii) The Ahom king would deliver immediately a war-indemnity of 20,000 *tolas* of gold, 1,20,000 *tolas* of silver, and 20 elephants to the Emperor (besides 15 and 5 elephants for Mir Jumla and Dilir Khan respectively).
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(iii) During the next 12 months he would deliver 3 lakhs of *tolas* of silver and 90 elephants in three equal instalments, as the balance of the indemnity.
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(iv) Thereafter he would pay an annual tribute of 20 elephants.
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(v) Pending the full payment of the indemnity, the sons of the Burha Gohain, the Bar Gohain, the Garhgaonia Phukan, and the Bar Patra Phukan, were to be held by the Nawab as hostages.
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(vi) Assam west of the Bharali river on the north bank of the Brahmaputra and west of the Kallang river on the south bank,* was to be annexed to the Mughal empire. Thus the Mughals were to get more than half of the province of Darrang, rich in elephants.
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(vii) The captives carried off by the Ahoms from the Mughal dominions (esp. Kamrup) were to be released, as also the wife and children of the Baduli Phukan whom the king had thrown into prison.†
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† Peace, Fathiyah, 95-96 (early abortive negotiations), 154-159, Buranji viii. 93-94; Book II. (b) pp. 3-8 (full details of the instalments of war-indemnity).
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On 5th January, 1663, the Ahom king's daughter, hostages, and some gold silver and elephants, as part of the indemnity, reached the Mughal camp, and five days later Mir Jumla began his return march.‡ The Nawab travelled by *palki* owing to his illness, and after suffering many hardships on the way and constantly getting worse, reached Pandu on 11th February. Here he made his dispositions for the administration of Kamrup and the reconquest of Kuch Bihar, and conciliated and gave leave to the vassal Rajahs of Darrang and Dimarua who had joined his side. Baritala was reached on 28th February, but the alarming increase of his illness forced him to give up the plan of invading Kuch Bihar in person; and at last, yielding to medical advice he embarked in a boat and glided down the river towards Dacca, dying on the way on 31st March, 1663. (Fath. 160-171.)
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∗ Dimarua, Beltala, and the kingdom of the Nakti Rani adjoining the Garo hills, were included in Mughal Assam. For Nak-kati Rani, J. B. & O. R. S. i. 182 n.
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‡ The rapture of his army at the order of retreat can be judged from the fact that the subject fills two pages of Talish's history with rhapsodies.