Matak rajya

Matak Rajya
Matak Rajya
1805–1839
Capital	Bengmara (present-day Tinisukia)
Area
•	4,661 km2 (1,800 sq mi)
Government
Barsenapati
• 1791–1805	Mejera
• 1805–1839	Matibar
• 1839–1839	Maju Gohain
History
• Foundation of the Matak Kingdom	1805
• Annexed to British India	12 November 1839
Today part of	India

Matak rajya or Matak kingdom was a 19th-century autonomous region within the Ahom kingdom in Assam. It was governed by the Barsenapati ("Great General").^[1]^[2]

^ "The Burhagohain, therefore, entered into an agreement with Sarbananda Singha, the chief of the Moamariyas of Bengmara, by which he ceded to the latter the territory between the Brahmaputra and the Buri Dihing on an autonomous basis and recognised his title Barsenapati or the 'Great General' (Baruah 1986:353)
^ Dutta 1985, p. 188.

[1] "The Burhagohain, therefore, entered into an agreement with Sarbananda Singha, the chief of the Moamariyas of Bengmara, by which he ceded to the latter the territory between the Brahmaputra and the Buri Dihing on an autonomous basis and recognised his title Barsenapati or the 'Great General' (Baruah 1986:353)

[FOOTNOTEDutta1985188-2] Dutta 1985, p. 188.

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