A History of the Mahrattas v1.c11.13

v1.c11.13

² It is not exactly known at what period the power of his predecessors commenced; but Hubush Khan and Seedee Umber were Abyssinian admirals of the Nizam Shahee fleet, during the time of Mullik Umber; and an Abyssinian officer named Seedee Bulbul was at that time in command of Rairee. Beejapoor MSS. [Abyssinian rule in Janjīra was founded about 1490, when the island and the fort of Danda-Rājpuri were seized by a stratagem from Rām Pātel, the Kolī commandant of the island. Rājpuri is the name of the creek at the entrance of which stands the island and fort of Janjīra. Danda is a port on the mainland to the south-east of Janjīra. Rājpuri town, also on the mainland, lies half a mile east of Janjīra. (I.G. Bom., 1909, pp. 488–90.)]