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⁵ The name Barádah برادة in Arabic orthography bears a close resemblance to بلبه Barábah, برابه Balabhah, all three being the forms or nearly the forms in which the word ولبي Walabah or ولبي Walabhi would be written by an Arab, supposing the diacritical points to be, as they often are, omitted. Besides as Barádah the word has been read and miswritten ندرند Ndrand or Rárand and براد Barad or Barid, in the shikastah or broken hand ندرند Ndrand or براد Barad would closely resemble برابه Barlabah or Baradah. Al Bilázuri in Elliot's History of India I. 127, writes the word Ndrand or Barand. Sir Henry Elliot (History, I. 444) reads the word Barada and would identify the place with the Barda hills inland from Porbandar in south-west Kathiáwád. The objection to this is that the word used by the Arab writers is the name of a town as well as of a coast tract, while the name of Barda is applied solely to a range of hills. On the other hand Balabha the coast and town meets all requirements. Reign of A.D. 754-775.