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PLACES
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KHOKARI
Khokari (Murud Peta) a small village on the mainland nearly opposite the Janjira fortress, contains three massive stone tombs in the Indo-Saracenic style. The largest is the tomb of Sidi Surul Khan who was chief of Janjira from 1707 to 1734, and the two smaller buildings are the tombs of Sidi Kasim commonly known as Yakut Khan, who was in command of Janjira (1670-1677), of the Moghal fleet (1677-1696), and again of Janjira (1696-1707) and of his brother Khairiyat Khan who was in command of Danda-Rajpuri (1670-1677) and of Janjira (1677-1696). The tomb of Surul Khan is said to have been built during his lifetime. Yakut Khan's tomb has an Arabic inscription stating that he died on Thursday 30th Jama-Dilaval H. 1118 (A.D. 1707) Khairiyat Khan's has also an inscription. The figures of the date of his death are H. 1018, but the Arabic words give the date H. 1108 (A. D. 1696) and this is probably correct. The tombs were kept in repair by the Nawab who had assigned the village of Savli-Mitha-gar with a yearly revenue of Rs. 2,000 for the maintenance of Surul Khan's tomb, and the village of Dodakal for the maintenance of Yakut Khan's and Khairiyat Khan's tombs. On Thursday nights the Kuran is read at these tombs and yearly death-days or urus are celebrated.
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