JANJIRA

janjira, a native state of india, in the konkan division of bombay, situated along the coast among the spurs of the western ghats, 40 m. s. of bombay city. area, 324 sq. m. pop. (1901), 85,414, showing an increase of 4% in the decade. the estimated revenue is about £37,000; there is no tribute. the chief, whose title is nawab sahib, is by descent a sidi or abyssinian mahommedan; and his ancestors were for many generations admirals of the mahommedan rulers of the deccan. the state, popularly known as habsan (= abyssinian), did not come under direct subordination to the british until 1870. it supplies sailors and fishermen, and also fire-wood, to bombay, with which it is in regular communication by steamer. the nawab of janjira is also chief of the state of jafarabad (q.v.).