Chapter SUNN to SUPÁRA of S by The Hobson Jobson Dictionary

Ptolemy, VII. i. f. § 6.

c. 460.—“The King compelling Wijayo and his retinue, 700 in number, to have the half of their heads shaved, and having embarked them in a vessel, sent them adrift on the ocean.… Wijayo himself landed at the port of Suppâraka.… ”—The Mahawanso, by Turnour p. 46.

c. 500.—“Soufeir, cwra, en h oi polutimoi liqoi, kai o crusoV, en ’India.”—Hesychius, s.v.

c. 951.—“Cities of Hind … Kambáya, Subárá, Sindán.”—Istakhri, in Elliot, i. 27.

A.D. 1095.—“The Mahâmândalîka, the illustrious Anantadêva, the Emperor of the Konkan (Concan), has released the toll mentioned in this copper-grant given by the Sîlâras, in respect of every cart belonging to two persons … which may come into any of the ports, Sri Sthânaka (Tana), as well as Nâgapur, Surpâraka, Chemuli (Chaul) and others, included within the Konkan Fourteen Hundred.… ”—Copper- Plate Grant, in Ind. Antiq. ix. 38.

c. 1150.—“Súbára is situated 1½ mile from the sea. It is a populous busy town, and is considered one of the entrepôts of India.”—Edrisi, in Elliot, i. 85.

1321.—“There are three places where the Friars might reap a great harvest, and where they could live in common. One of these is Supera, where two friars might be stationed; and a second is in the district of Parocco (Broach), where two or three might abide; and the third is Columbus (Quilon).”—Letter of Fr. Jordanus, in Cathay, &c., 227.

c. 1330.—“Sufâlah Indica. Birunio nominatur Sûfârah.… De eo nihil commemorandum inveni.”—Abulfeda, in Gildemeister, 189.

1538.—“Rent of the caçable (Cusbah), of Cupara … 14,122 fedeas.”—S. Bothelho, Tombo, 175.

1803.—Extract from a letter dated Camp Soopara, March 26, 1803.

“We have just been paying a formal visit to his highness the peishwa,” &c.—In Asiatic Annual Reg. for 1803, Chron. p. 99.

1846.—“Sopara is a large place in the Agasee mahal, and contains a considerable Mussulman population, as well as Christian and Hindoo … there is a good deal of trade; and grain, salt, and garden produce are exported to Guzerat and Bombay.”—Desultory Notes, by John Vaupell, Esq., in Trans. Bo. Geog. Soc. vii. 140.

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