Note 152 — ARAB REFERENCES.1

Ránder.Ránder (Ráhanjir or Rahanjúr). Al Bírúni (a.d. 1031) gives152 Ráhanjúr and Báhrúj (Broach) as the capitals of Lar Desh or south Gujarát. Elliot (Note 3. I. 61) writes the word Damanhúr or Dahanhúr but the reading given by Sachau in his Arabic text of Al Bírúni (page 100 chapter 18) is plainly Rahanjúr (رہنجور‎) and the place intended is without doubt Ránder on the right bank of the Tápti opposite Surat. In his list of Indian towns Al Idrísi (end of the eleventh century) seems to refer153 to it under the forms Jandúr and Sandúr.