Introduction
	Reconstruction of Korkai
	Extract from Marco Polo's Work
	Extract from Abdullah Wassaf's Work
	Extract from Rashiduddin's Work
	History of Kayalpatnam (adapted from Panchayat Centenary Souvenir)
	History of Kayalpatnam (Dr.Abdul Latiff's Article)
	Historical References

[THE JÁMI'U-T-TAWÁRÍKH RASHÍDÍ was completed in A.H. 710 A.D. 1310. The author Fazlu-llah Rashíd, or Rashídu-d dín ibn 'Imádu-d daula Abú-l Khair ibn Muwáfiku-d daula, was born in A.H. 645 A.D. 1247, in the city of Hamadán.

The value of the Jámi'u-t Tawáríkh is unquestionable, but Rashídu-d dín must be ranked as a compiler, or copyist, rather than among historians. He borrows by wholesale from his predecessors, appropriating their productions, with all their errors, and without any critical examination or judgment of his own. It is to his credit, however, that he fairly and openly acknowledges the sources from which he has borrowed; and he occasionally makes additions which may be his own, or which may have been derived from other unknown sources. For the geographical account of India he is avowedly indebted to Bírúní, though he adds some passages in continuation. In his account of the Ghaznivides he follows 'Utbí implicitly as far as the Yamíní extends, taking out not only the facts, but giving a literal translation even to the images and similes. He makes no attempt to improve or supplement that work, his account of the Ghazni-vides closes where that closes, and so he omits all notice of the famous expedition to Somnát. The Táríkh-i Jahán-Kushá has also been laid under contribution. D'Ohsson finds that he often copied it word for word, but he adds, the history of the Wazír Rashíd is the most complete, and that in which the best order and method prevail; his style also has that noble simplicity suitable to historical writings. Wassáf, a contemporary of Rashídu-d dín, is another of those from whom he copied; and further investigation will probably reveal more of the sources of the Jámi'u-t Tawáríkh]

M'abar, from Kúlam to the country of Siláwar, extends 300 parasangs along the shore. Its length is the same. It possesses many cities and villages, of which little is known. The king is called Dewar which means in the M'abar language, the lord of wealth. Large ships, called in the language of China, Junks, bring various sorts of choice merchandize and clothes from Chín and Máchín, and the countries of Hind and Sind. The merchants export from M'abar silken stuffs, aromatic roots; large pearls are brought up from the sea. The productions of this country are carried to 'Irák, Khurásán, Syria, Rum, and Europe. The country produces rubies, and aromatic grasses, and in the sea are plenty of pearls. M'abar is, as it were, the key of Hind. Within the few last years Sundar Bandi was Dewar, who, with his three brothers, obtained power in different directions, and Malik Takíu-d din bin 'Abdu-r rahmán bin Muhammadu-t Tíbí, brother of Shaikh Jamálu-d dín, was his minister and adviser, to whom he assigned the government of Fatan, Malí Fatan, and Báwal; and because there are no horses in M'abar, or rather those which are there are weak, it was agreed that every year Jamálu-d dín Ibráhím should send to the Dewar 1400 strong Arab horses obtained from the island of Kís, and 10,000 horses from all the islands of Fárs, such as Katíf, Lahsa, Bahrein, Hurmúz, Kilahát, etc. Each horse is reckoned worth 220 dínárs of red gold current.

In the year 692 A.H. (1293 A.D.) the Dewar died, and his wealth and possessions fell into the hands of his adversaries and opponents, and Shaikh Jamálu-d-dín who succeeded him, obtained, it is said, an accession of 7,000 bullock loads of jewels, gold, etc., and Takíu-d dín, according to previous agreement, became his lieutenant.

The people of the country are very black by reason of their being near the equator. There is a large temple called Lútar.