ROHINGYA ORIGIN IN THE 1575‐1666 MOGH‐ PORTUGUESE PIRACY IN LOWER BENGAL
1538 Sher Shah defeated the Sulltan of Gaur which led to the fall of the kingdom of Bengal and the
beginning of the Mogh‐ Portuguese piracy in the Bay.
14th century A. D. To escape Mogh capture, Chakmas left southern Chittagong for Raojan in northern
Chittagong and finally moves to the north East of Chittagong Hill Tracts where they live today.
26th August 1660 Shah Suja, the Moghul prince started from Dhaka arrived in Lakhipur of Comilla then
to Monipur, then to Raujan and then to Diang of Chittagong. From Diang he travelled by land to Ramu,
to Eidgah and traveled to the Naf River and from there by boat to Mrohaung city. Sandathudamma, the
king of Arakan welcomed him but later in the same year the prince and his family were brutally
murdered by the use of axe and their vluables were looted." Everyday the gold and silver, which the
Arakanese have taken, are brought into the king's treasery to be melted down." 7th February 1661 Shah
Suja was kille, reported by Garret Von Bergo.
1665 To avenge the death of the prince and to stop Mogh‐Portuguese piracy in the Bay, Shaista Khan
launched the conquest of Chittagong. General Hossain Beg and General Umed Khan led the forces. The
end of Mogh control of Chittagong and piracy in lower Bengal led an "incredible rejoicing of Bengal."
Moghs left behind their Bengali wives and concombines and children now called the Baruas. Baruas also
call themselves as the Rajbanshis meaning the offsprings of the Moghs." There are two large Barua
settlements in Satbatia and another one in Chokroshala of southern Chittagong.