king built another town in the island of
Djeroun, about one farsakh from the coast, and kept for it the name of
Hormuz. For a hundred and twenty years the Franks have exercised there
an absolute power. Its governor, Nour ed-Din, having conceived the
fatal idea of asking their assistance when in a difficult situation,
allowed them a tenth part of its revenue. In a short time they so
skilfully usurped the authority that the king and the vezir of the
country had not the least share in the government." (Zinet, chapter
ix.) Before the Portuguese conquest, this island, tributary to Persia
and annexed to Kirman, paid an annual contribution of sixty thousand
dinars. (Nouzhet, fol. 670. See also the Arabic text of Abou'l Feda,
p. 339, and the Voyages of Ibn Batoutah, Vol. ii. p. 230.) B. de
Meynard, Dict. geog., hist., &c., p. 595 (note).

[13] See Translation from the Persian of Kissah-i-Sanjan, or
History of the Arrival and Settlement of the Parsees in India, by
E. B. Eastwick, in the Journal of the Bombay Branch, Royal Asiatic
Society, vol. i. p. 167. As for us, we have followed the order of
events, such as it is presented by Mr. B. B. Patell in his admirable
work, the Parsee Prakash, and the interesting resume of Mr. Dosabhai
Framji Karaka. See Bomanji Byramji Patell, Parsee Prakash, being
a record of important events in the growth of the Parsee community
in Western India, chronologically arranged from the date of their
immigration into India to the year 1860 A.D., vol. in 4to, Bombay,
1878-1888, 1,053 pages (in Gujerati), and Dosabhai Framji Karaka,
History of the Parsis, 2 vols. in 8vo, London, 1884.

[14] Diu--Portuguese possession--latitude, 20 deg. 43' 20'' North;
longitude, 71 deg. 2' 30'' East--at the entrance of the Gulf of Cambay,
to the south of the Gujerat Peninsula. Its length from east to west
is six miles and a half, and its greatest extent from north to south
is one mile. It has a small but very fine harbour. The climate is
dry and stifling, the soil barren, water scarce, and agriculture
much neglected. Its principal products are wheat, millet, nachni,
bajri, cocoanut, and some kinds of fruits. The population of Diu
consists of about 10,765 inhabitants, of whom 419 are Christians,
9,575 Hindoos, and 771 Mahomedans. At its most flourishing period
the number had risen, it is said, to nearly 50,000. Now there are
not more than 3,107 houses, very poor and uncomfortable for the most
part. In fact, the commerce of