History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v3.c42.s9.1
History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v3.c42.s9.1
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v3.c42.s9.1
No time was, therefore, lost on the Mughal side. On 24th December, 1665, the expeditionary force, 6,500 strong, left Dacca under command of Buzurg Ummed Khan, a son of Shaista Khan.[*] The imperial fleet numbered 288 vessels of all kinds,—21 of them being gunboats or *ghurabs*, 157 fast-rowing *kosas*, and 96 *jalias*. The Feringis, with about 40 vessels of their own, acted as auxiliaries.