Treaty of Asurar Ali

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The Treaty of Asurar Ali was signed in early February of 1639 between the Mughal commander Allah Yar Khan and the Ahom commander Momai Tamuli Borbarua. The treaty came after a period of Mughal efforts to drive into the Ahom kingdom from 1615 to 1638, and followed a decisive Ahom victory over the Mughals at Duimunisila.

According to the treaty, the boundary between the Mughals and Ahoms was fixed on the Barnadi River in the northern bank (utarkul) of the Brahmaputra River and the Asurar Ali (Ali is causeway in Assamese) in the southern bank (dakhinkul). The Ahom king recognized the supremacy of the Mughals in Kamrup, and the Mughal fauzdar agreed not to interfere in the Ahom kingdom. Trade and commerce between the two regions was permitted with the Ahom kingdom represented by Kanu Sharma and Sanatan, and the Mughal represented by Sheikh Meda.

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• Sarkar, J. N. (1992) Chapter VIII Assam-Mughal Relations in The Comprehensive History of Assam. (Barpujari, H. K., ed.) Publication Board, Assam.