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legends, the tracts originally occupied by the “ Vedic people,” were the 
they were friendly entertained of the Governour [he] being a Persian. Sir Thomas 
Powell and Master Francis Bnb were then dead before in Diulsinde. He (Sir 
Thomas Shirley) remained at Tatta till fit opportunity for Agra, the way being long 
and in danger of thieves: whither he went in company of a great man which had a 
strong convoy, for whom he waited also two months. 
“ The Lady Powell in this place was delivered of a son, but she and it, together 
with Master Michael Powell, brother to Sir Thomas, lost their lives in this tedious 
expectation, in Boats, for that great man aforesaid. At his (Sir Thomas Shirley’s) 
coming to Agra, the Mogoll [Jahan-gir Badshah] gave him favourable entertainment, 
and upon his complaint, sent for the Banian Governour of Diulsinde, to answer at 
the Court, promising him his own revenge, if he would stay. But he hasting to 
Persia, after many presents from the Mogoll, with a Convoy and necessaries for his 
journey, departed for Persia, not having one Englishman with him. Master Richard 
Barber, his Apothecary, returned to Surat, and John Heriot dyed at Agra. There 
remained with him of his old Followers only his Lady, and her Woman, two Persians , 
the old Armenian, and the Ghircassian [Circassian]: His Dutch Jeweller came from 
Agra to Surat, with Master Edwards.” See the map from Purchas, opposite, also 
the old map at page 297, which will show where Debal was, and the changes in the 
mouths of the Indus. 
The above will, I think, conclusively show that Dewal was not Thathah, nor 
Lahri Bandar, and that all three were totally different places, as is distinctly stated 
by the native authors of Sind. 
Subsequent to this unfortunate affair, and ill-treatment of our people by this 
mild Hindu, W. Paynton, then Captain Paynton, mentions “ Diul, near the mouth 
of the River Indus,” as well as “ Diu in Guzurat where the Portuguese, among other 
places, have a very strong castle.” 
Sir Thomas Herbert left England in 1626, and was also landed at Diul. Paynton 
says : “ Tutta is one of the most celebrated Marts of India, so encompassed with the 
River Indus, that it makes a Peninsula. Loor Bander [Lahri Bandar] is the Port of 
it, but Ships that lie there are subject to the Worm [this is contrary to the state¬ 
ment of Whithington], as at Stvallg, Goa,” etc. 
In the account of Sir Thomas Roe’s embassy in 1615, Terry, his Chaplain, 
writes: “ Tatta, a very fruitful and pleasant country, made so partly by the branch¬ 
ings of the Indus, that spreads itself into various Circlets, and forms many little 
Islands up and down. * * * The main Current of this River meets with the 
Sea at Sindee [i. e., Dewal, as shown in the previous notices], a place noted for many 
curious handicrafts.” 
Thevenot, who reached Surat about fifty years after, namely, in 1665-66, says, 
respecting the “ Province of Sindy, which some call Tatta,” that “ The chief Town 
of this Province is Tatta, and the most Southern Town Diul. It is still called Diul- 
Sind, and was heretofore called Dobil [Debal he means]. It lies in the 24th or 25th 
degree of Latitude. There are some Orientals that call the Country of Sinde by the 
name of the Kingdom of Diul [he is quite correct: it is called the territory of Debal 
or Lar]. It is a country of great TrafHck, and especially the Town of Tatta, where 
the Indian Merchants buy a great many curiosities made by the Inhabitants, who 
are wonderfully ingenious in all kinds of Arts [and still are]. The Indus makes a 
great many little Islands towards Tatta , and these Islands being fruitful and 
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