Treaty of Ghilajharighat

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The Treaty of Ghilajharighat, Tipam, was signed between the Ahoms and the Mughal forces led by Ram Singh and Mir Jumla on January 23, 1663. The treaty brought Ram Singh's occupation of the Ahom capital, Garhgaon, to an end.

Terms[edit]

The conditions of the treaty were as follows:

  1. Jayadhwaj Singha was to send a daughter to the Imperial harem.[1]
  2. Twenty thousand tolas of gold, six times this quantity of silver and forty elephants to be made over at once.
  3. Three hundred thousand tolas of silver and ninety elephants to be supplied within twelve months.
  4. Six sons of the chief nobles to be made over as hostages pending compliance with the last mentioned condition.
  5. Twenty elephants to be supplied annually.
  6. The country west of the Bhareli river on the north bank of the Brahmaputra and of the Kalang river on the south to be ceded to the Emperor of Delhi.
  7. All prisoners and the family of the Baduli Phukan to be given up.[2]

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Notes and references[edit]

  1. The princess was six-year-old Romoni (Nangsen) Gabhoru, daughter of Jayadhwaj Singha and Pakhori Gabhoru. She was married as Rahmat Banu Begum to Muhammad Azam Shah, the son of Aurangzeb in 1668. She famously resisted Laluksola Borphukan's plan to hand over Guwahati to her husband. She died suddenly while at Dhaka and buried at Lalbagh.
  2. Baduli Phukan, who was the Neog Phukan and commander-in-chief of the Ahom forces had defected to the Mughal side in September, 1662 along with many followers. He was Momai Tamuli Borbarua's (and Pakhori Gabhoru's) brother. He was made Subedar of the region between Gargaon and Namrup. He went to Dhaka with Mir Jhumla and played a role when Laluksola Borphukan deserted Guwahati in 1679.
  • Gait, Edward A. A History of Assam. Calcutta, 1906.