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Encyclopedia Britannica



JANJIRA

This article appears in Volume V15, Page 152 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: INV-JED
JANJIRA , a native state of
India
 , in the Konkan division of Bombay, situated along the
coast
  among the spurs of the Western Ghats, 40 M. S. of Bombay city. Area, 324 sq. m. Pop. (1901), 85,414, showing an increase of 4% in the decade. The estimated
revenue
  is about 37,000; there is no
tribute
 . The
chief
 , whose
title
  is
Nawab
  Sahib, is by descent a Sidi or Abyssinian
Mahommedan
 ; and his ancestors were for many generations admirals of the
Mahommedan
  rulers of the
Deccan
 . The state, popularly known as Habsan (=Abyssinian), did not come under direct subordination to the British until 187o. It supplies sailors and fishermen, and also firewood, to Bombay, with which it is in
regular
  communication by steamer.
The
Nawab
  of Janjira is also
chief
  of the state of JAFARABAD (q.v.).


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