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fninabad, called also Mdnhawar (and Mdhaurd, by 

 Persian authors). Bacar is also caWed Mdnhawar : 

 but its true name is Bdnhawdr, the Bimiagaj^a of 

 Ptolemy, and the same, I believe, which is called 

 Panceoura, by Stephanus, of Byzantium, and Bd- 

 haurd, or Bahur, by Persian authors * ; situated in 

 lat. 27° 47', as the lower Mansurd is in lat. 24° 0' 

 North. It was afterward called Mansura, which is 

 also the name of another city, lower down the Indus, 

 one day's march from Mdnhawdr, and three from 

 Shah-bunder ; the real and original town of Daibul, 

 or Devel, which last was three days from the sea. 

 The lovv^er Mansow^a is now Thathd, 



II. 



xT is asserted in India, that the Mdhrdtds are fo- 

 reigners ; and this they themselves acknowledge. 

 The Rdnas of Udaya-pura, and their tribe, who are 

 related to the Mdhrdtds, boast of it ; and say, that 

 they are descended from Nusiiirva'n. The Parsis^ 

 in India, fix the time of their emigration in the time 

 ofAeu-BECR, who reigned only two years, in 632 

 and 6i\S. That several emigrations from Persia took 

 place, at different periods, in consequence of the 

 fanatic zeal of the Musulmans, and their persecuting 

 spirit, cannot be doubted ; but the emigration of the 

 children of NusHiRVAN is the most ancient. Some 

 of these emigrants retained their ancient religion, 

 and are called P arsis ; others turned Hindus, and 

 are called Rdnas and Mdhrdtds. Some afterwards 

 adopted the religion of Muhammed, and are called 

 in the Peninsula Nevetehs, new men or converts. 

 Though they all agree that they came from Persia, 

 and are the descendants of NushIrva'N, yet there 



* See Abul Feda, in the first vol. of Thevenol's collection, &c. 



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