History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v3.c42.s1.2

v3.c42.s1.2

Another cause of disagreement was that many subjects of Assam had accompanied the imperial army to Bengal. When Jayadhwaj remonstrated, Mir Jumla replied, "I am not carrying any one away with me by force or under pressure. I have merely not forbidden those who are following me of their own free choice." The Ahoms took this as a violation of the treaty by which each party had undertaken to restore the "captive" subjects of the other. Again, the Ahom king complained that the Mughal officers had encroached on his territory and refused to go back to their frontier as marked in the treaty. It was only by appealing to the Emperor himself that an order was secured for the restoration of the disputed territory to its rightful owner. The Bar Phukan, jealous of the influence of the Burha Gohain, intrigued with the Muslims for a new invasion of Assam; but the conspiracy was detected and eight nobles put to death for participation in it.