History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v3.c43.4

v3.c43.4

On the second point, too, I am inclined to accept Talish's view. The version of events given by the *Alamgirnamah* is just possible, but seems to me to be unlikely. It is clear from the details of the operations that the total loss of their *navy* took the heart out of the garrison of Chatgaon and hastened the fall of the fort. No doubt, the news of the approach of Farhad Khan led to the evacuation of the outposts in the environs of Chatgaon by the Arrakanese and to the flight of many people from that fort itself, but the Mughal land-forces do not seem to have contributed much to the fall of Chatgaon by any direct attack. Even their vanguard had hardly time enough to entrench and begin a regular siege before the capitulation.