[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency, Vol. I, Part I: History of Gujarat](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.campbell-1896-gujarat) › c19.11 # Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency, Vol. I, Part I: History of Gujarat c19.11 Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency, Vol. I, Part I: History of Gujarát c19.11 - **Language:** English ### [c19.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.campbell-1896-gujarat.c19.11) ² Sir H. Elliot (Hist. of India) transliterates this as Bulsia. But neither Bulsia nor his other supposition (Note 4 Ditto) Budha seem to have any sense. The original is probably Batiah, a form in which other Arab historians and geographers also allude to Bast, the residence of the notorious Bawarij who are referred to a little farther on as seafarers and pirates. Ditto, I. 128. - [Previous: c19.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.campbell-1896-gujarat.c19.10) - [Next: c19.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.campbell-1896-gujarat.c19.12) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.campbell-1896-gujarat.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.campbell-1896-gujarat.c19.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.campbell-1896-gujarat.c19.11) · Pramāṇa