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STUDIES IN MUGHAL INDIA.

a special khilat, and an imperial farman of praise. Buzurg Ummed Khan, Farhad Khan, Mir Murtaza, Ibn Husain, and Muhammad Beg Abakash were promoted. Ibn Husain got the title of Mansur[1] Khan, and Mir Murtaza that of Mujahid Khan.

NEW GOVERNMENT OF CHATGAON.

On 27th January,[2] 1666, Buzurg Ummed Khan entered the fort of Chatgaon, reassured the people that their lives were safe, and firmly forbade his soldiers to oppress the people, in order to cause the place to be well-populated and prosperous.

[Here the Bodleian Ms. ends abruptly. I give the concluding portion of the campaign from the Alamgirnamah, pp. 953-956.]

Buzurg Ummed Khan stayed at Chatgaon for some time to settle its affairs. Miana Khan was sent to the north of Chatgaon to reassure the peasantry and to establish a thanah. Taj Miana, with his followers and 100 musketeers, was appointed as thanahdar and guard of the roads from Chatgaon to the bank of the Feni river.

RAMBU TAKEN AND ABANDONED.

The port of Rambu[3] is four days' journey from Chatgaon, and midway between Chatgaon and Arracan. A large body of the enemy defended its fort. Mir Murtaza was ordered to that direction, to win over the

  1. ↑ Muzaffar according to the Alamgirnamah.
  2. ↑ The date is left blank in the Bodleian Ms. I have supplied it from the Alamgirnamah.
  3. ↑ Ramoo in Rennell, Sheet 1
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