1406-7.—"They fortified the city of Astarābād, where Abul Leïth was placed with the rank of Kotwal."—Abdurrazāk, in Not. et Extr. xiv. 123.
1553.—"The message of the Camorij arriving, Vasco da Gama landed with a dozen followers, and was received by a noble person whom they called Catual...."—Barros, Dec. I. liv. iv. ch. viii.
1572.—
"Na praya hum regedor do Regno estava
Que na sua lingua Catual se chama."
Camões, vii. 44.
By Burton:
"There stood a Regent of the Realm ashore,
a chief, in native parlance 'Cat'ual' hight."
also the plural: