[84] More correctly Diu, an island belonging to the Portuguese in West India, separated from Kathiawar by a narrow stroke of land, with about 13,000 inhabitants, and politically under Goa. (See "Imperial Gazetteer of India," IV., p. 305.)
[85] Daman, a Portuguese possession in the bay of Cambay, with about 50,000 inhabitants; was pillaged first in the year 1531, and retaken in 1553.
[86] Compare the Persian badzed, "whirlwind," "tempest"; more correctly "gust of wind," from Bad, "wind," and Zeden, "to strike."
[87] In the text Djonk, "a large ship," used principally in China. First mentioned by the Monk Odorico di Pordenone in 1331.
[88] Compare "dingy," "dinghy." Literally, the name of a ship or large boat, on the coast of Mekran; the word is also known in English, but it originates from Beluchistan. Correctly speaking, it means a pilot-ship.
[89] Kotwal, kutwal, "commander of a fortress," also "policeman". Of Turkish origin, from the word kut, "to guard," "to watch"; would be more correctly, kuteol, meaning "guardian."
[90] Cheter Kaldirmak means, literally, "to raise the sunshade" (umbrella), this being the symbol of sovereignty in India.
[91] More correctly Broatsh, a place northwest of Surat, in the province of Gujarat, on the right bank of the Nerbudda. This place has from time immemorial belonged to the Moslem rulers of Ahmedabad, and has twice been pillaged by the Portuguese (in 1536 and 1546).
[92] In the text, Provador, meaning "Admiral."
[93] Ahmedabad, the chief town of the Province of that name, 310 miles north of Bombay.