The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c7.s5.126

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In the thirteenth century, while the Devgiri Yádavs held the inland parts of the district, it seems probable that the Anahilaváda kings kept a hold on certain places along the coast.² At the close of the thirteenth century Gujarát, according to Rashid-ud-din (1310), included Cambay Somnáth and Konkan-Thána. But his statements are confused,³ and, according to Marco Polo, in his time (1290) there was a prince of Thána who was tributary to no one. The people were idolators with a language of their own. The harbour was harassed by corsairs, with whom the chief of Thána had a covenant.⁴ There were other petty chiefs on the coast, náiks, rájás, or ráis, who were probably more or less dependent on the Anahilaváda kings.