Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency, Vol. I, Part I: History of Gujarat c19.s2.t1.115
Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency, Vol. I, Part I: History of Gujarát c19.s2.t1.115
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c19.s2.t1.115
Supa'ra (SUBÁRÁ, SUPÁRA, OR SURBÁRÁH.)—The references to Subárá are doubtful as some seem to belong to Surbára the Tápti mouth and others to Sopára six miles north of Bassein. The first Arab reference to Subára belongs to Supára. Al Masúdi's (A.D. 915)² reference is that in Saimúr (Chaul). Subára (Sopára), and Tána (Thána) the people speak the Láriyáh language, so called from the sea which washes the coast. On this coast Al Istakhri (A.D. 951)³ refers to Subára that is apparently to Sucabára or Surat a city of Hind, four days from Kambáyah (Cambay).⁴