تحفة النظار في غرايب الامصار وعجايب الاسفار 7.4.1

7.4.1

From this town we journeyed to Saghar [Songarh], which is a large town on a great river of the same name [Tapti]. Its inhabitants are upright, religious, and trustworthy, and people go there to participate in the blessing they bestow, and because the town is exempt from taxes and dues. Thereafter we travelled to the town of Kinbaya [Cambay], which is situated on an arm of the sea resembling a river; it is navigable for ships and its waters ebb and flow. I myself saw the ships there lying on the mud at ebb-tide and floating on the water at high tide. This city is one of the finest there is in regard to the excellence of its construction and the architecture of its mosques. The reason is that the majority of its inhabitants are foreign merchants, who are always building fine mansions and magnificent mosques and vie with one another in doing so. We journeyed from this town to Kawa, which is on a tidal bay also, and is in the territories of the infidel raja Jalansi, of whom we shall speak later. Thence we went to Qandahar, a large town belonging to the infidels and situated on a bay. The sultan of Qandahar is an infidel called Jalansi, who is under Muslim suzerainty and sends a gift to the king of India every year. When we reached Qandahar he came out to welcome us and showed us the greatest honour, himself leaving his palace and installing us in it. The principal Muslims at his court came to visit us, such as the children of the Khwaja Bohra.