THE PORT OF HUGLI

279 sary duties of his extensive province, to set about the extermination of the pernicious intruders. Troops were to be sent both .by water and land so that this difficult enterprise might be quickly and easily accomplished. Kasim Khan immediately began his preparations, MODERN SHIPPING ON THE HUGLI RIVER AT CALCUTTA. X. and at the close of the cold season, in Sha'ban, 1040 A. H. (1630 A. D.), he sent his son Inayat- Allah with Allah Yar Khan, who was to be the real commander of the army, and several other nobles to effect the con- quest of Hugli. He also sent Bahadur Kambu, an ac- tive and intelligent servant of his, with the force under his command, ostensibly to take possession of the ex-