History of the Qaraunah Turks in India c10.39
History of the Qaraunah Turks in India c10.39
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c10.39
³⁰ The western coast is divided into two parts. The northern is called Konkan and the southern Malabar. The districts of Thana, Ratnagiri, Kolaba and the states of Sāwant bāri and Janjirah and the cities of Goa and Bombay are included in it. The extent of this tract is 330 miles in length and its breadth is from 50 to 25 miles. Thana is a city 20 miles from Bombay and was formerly the capital of Konkan. Abu Rihān Biruni who came with Mahmud of Ghazni writes it as the capital of the Konkan. Rashid-al-Din writes it as Konkan Thana. Abul Feda speaks of it as a large town. In Marco Polo's time a Hindu chief lived there, but afterwards his possessions were annexed to the empire of Dihli by Qutb-al-Din Mubarak Shah in 1318 A.D.