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‘TRANSLATION of Statements made by Mehmon Daood Ba'WA, aged 70 years, and
Wanyo Yeetuldass Yeerjee, of Gogo, before Captain Watson, Political
Assistant, Kattyawar.
There is a Mussulman shrine on the sea shore by the name of Peeran Peer, to
the north of which is the shrine of Khadur Meera. From the Peeran Peer shrine
to the southern corner of my bungalow on the sea shore, a sea-wall has been
erected; formerly this wall was not built. From this wall seawards for about
40 or 50 paces there was a Mahomedan burial-ground, but when the sea
began to encroach the stones of these tombs began to be washed away. Some
of° these stones were used in erecting the masonry abutment round the
shrine of Peeran Peer, and some were used in marking the sea-wall. This wall
has been several times broken down in places from the violence of the sea, and
it has been repaired. The waters of the sea cannot injure the town on account
of this wall, but the sea is still steadily advancing. In proof of this I may
mention that formerly there were Mussulman tombs at the distance of about
40 or 50 paces from the sea-wall seawards and in a spot now daily covered by
the sea water at high tide. These tombs are now all washed away by the
advance of the sea. Besides this there was a tamarind tree and a large tomb
on the east of the southern corner of my bungalow, close to the sea-wall on the
seaward side, where the salt water now reaches. This tomb was washed by the
high tides, and the tamarind tree fell down five years ago. The land towards
the east of my bungalow was washed away by the high tides, and an iron bar
12 feet long and 6 inches square, was found in it, and the bar was handed over
to Government. A quay was afterwards made on that place and there is a
tamarind tree there. To the north of this spot a bungalow w r as built by the
Collector, Mr. Roll, and on the east of this bungalow there is a quay, and there
was formerly a neem tree with a masonry abutment round it, at the distance
of about 40 or 50 paces seawards from this quay, in a spot now daily
covered by sea-water. This tree, together with the masonry abutment, was
w r ashed away by the waters of the sea. On the east of this neem tree, at about
the distance of a hundred paces, there was a base of a Khotha. This Khotha
is said to have been erected by Ahmed Khan, Nawab An honorific title; an official acting as a provincial deputy ruler in South Asia; or a significant Muslim landowner in nineteenth century India. of Cambay. We took
some of the stones from the foundation of this Khotha to. erect the masonry
abutment to the shrine of Peeran Peer, and the remainder of the foundation is
still there. To the north of the Collector’s bungalow there is a Cotton pressing
machine belonging to Hutteesing, and the quay is erected in front of this. On
the north of this quay there was a lamp-post and a house for tfie Police guard;
this house was always much damaged by the violence of the sea-water. It was
therefore removed by Mr. Wood, the Engineer, last year, and was erected on the
road further inland and the lamp-post was placed on the corner of Hutteesing’s
quay. On the south of Peeran Peer, there is the Fishermen’s quarter, and on
the sea shore there is a Musjid. To the south of this Musjid there is a Khotha
on the town-wall, and the Mussulman burial-ground is on the south of this