With regard to the extent and revenue of this country, in the reign of Sultán Muzaffir* III., who was the last of the Gujarát kings, and during the administration of Itimád Khán,* in the Hijra year 979, corresponding with the year of the Hindú era of Vikramáditya 1627,* and with A.D. 1571, the whole collection* from the government lands, and those assigned in Jágír, was 5,84,0050,000, or five arabs,* eighty-four krores, and fifty thousand Gujarát tankchas; there being then two laks and three thousand horsemen mustered in the kingdom. There were, in those days, a hundred tankchas to a rupee, and the same is now reckoned at forty dams; so that the whole amount would, at the present time, be equal to five krores and forty-seven laks* of rupees. A sum also of twenty-five laks of hoons, and one krore of ibrahímís, that were two parts greater, being altogether nearly equal to five krores and sixty-two laks of rupees, was collected annually from the kings of the Dekhan,* the European and Arab ports, and from other quarters as hereafter detailed.
Sultán Bahádur,* after capturing the fort of Chitore,* in the year of the Hijra 955,* A.D. 1548, fled from the emperor Nasíru-d-dín Mohammed Humáyún Pádsháh.* On this occasion he took refuge, on board of ship, at the port of Díu,* (where there is a strong fortification surrounded by the sea,) and was fraudulently killed by the Europeans. At this period the Europeans took possession of the above-mentioned harbour, as will be explained in the reign of that prince: and the kingdom of Gujarát soon after going to decay, the tribute from the ports was no longer paid.
During such time as the power and sovereignty of the Gujarát monarchy continued to increase, the several sirkars, and ports, which were then made subject to the government by conquest, were attached as parts of the country. In this manner twenty-five sirkars were obtained, and are named as follow:
| Sirkar* |
| Sirkar Júdhpúr*. |
| Sirkar Jalore* (in Rajputana). |
| Sirkar Nagore** (in Rajputana). |
| Sirkar Bassai* (Bassein). |
| Sirkar Manbai* (Bombay). |
| Sirkar Damman* (Damaun). |
| Sirkar Rám Nagar*. |
| Sirkar Dúngarpúr.* |
| Sirkar Sirkar Bánswárah* |
| Sirkar Sirohi* |
| Sirkar Kach* |
| Sirkar Somnát.* |
| Sirkar Dand-Rajpúrí* (in the Konkan). |
| Sirkar Ahmadábád*. |
| Sirkar Baroda*. |
| Sirkar Bhroch*. |
| Sirkar Nadote*. |
| Sirkar Súrat* (Surat). |
| Sirkar Chámpánír*. |
| Sirkar Patan*. |
| Sirkar Sorath*.* |
| Sirkar Navánagar*. |
| Sirkar Godhrah*. |
| Sirkar Múlhír* (in Khandesh). |
| Sirkar Nadarbár* (Nandarbar in ditto). |
The personal establishment of Sultán Muzaffir III. and others, at this time, consisted of thirty thousand horsemen, with estates of thirty-two mahls; of which the revenue amounted to ninety laks of rupees,* equal to ninety krores of Gujarát tankchas; and was divided in the following manner:
| Horse. | Tankchas. | |
| Sultán Muzaffir* | 10,000 | 330,000,000 |
| Itimád Khán Wazír* | 9,000 | 300,000,000 |
| Alagh Khán Habshí* | 4,000 | 110,000,000 |
| Jahjahár Khán* | 2,500 | 60,000,000 |
| Maliku-s-Sherk** | 2,500 | 40,000,000 |
| Wajíhu-l-Mulk* and others | 2,000 | 60,000,000 |
| 30,000 | 900,000,000 |