Sayla State, 1908
This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS. |
Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.
Sayla State
State in the Kathiawar Political Agency, Bombay, lying between 21 26' and 22 51' N. and 71 12' and 71 34' E., with an area of 222 square miles. The population in 1901 was 11,661, residing in one town and 38 villages. The revenue in 1903-4 was Rs. 66,000, and 59 square miles were cultivated. The State ranks as a third-class State in Kathiawar. Sayla is mentioned as a pargana of Jhalawar in the Ain-i-Akban, but by the eighteenth century it had fallen into the hands of the Kathls. Sheshabhai, the son of the Halavad chief, took possession of Sayla in 1751, and added it to the giras of Narichana and Liya, which he had obtained in his struggle for the possession of Dhrangadhra. He was succeeded by Kakobhai, also called -Vikmatsingh (1794-1813), in whose time a permanent settlement of tribute was made with the British Government. His family now rules over the State. The title is Thakur \ but the present chief bears the title of Thakur Sahib, conferred on him as a personal distinction,
