Jafarabad State Jafrabad State જાફરાબાદ રિયાસત
Princely State ofBritish India In union withJanjira (1759–1948)
c. 1650–1948
Flag
Location of Jafrabad State in Saurashtra
Area
• 1901	68 km2 (26 sq mi)
Population
• 1901	12,097
History
• Established	11 February
• Indian independence	1948
Succeeded by India
Today part of	Gujarat,India

Jafarabad, orJafrabad State,^[1] was a tributaryprincely state inIndia during theBritish Raj. It was located in theKathiawar Peninsula on theGujarat coast. The state had formerly been part of theBaroda Agency and later of theKathiawar Agency of theBombay Presidency.

Jafrabad State was a dependency of theNawab ofJanjira State,^[2] located 320 km to the south-southeast on theKonkan coast.

Jafrabad town, the capital and only municipality, is located 275 km south ofAhmedabad and 240 southwest ofBaroda. The state was formed by the city and 11 villages and initially consisted of two districts located on both sides of the estuary of the Ranai river. Jafrabad state had an area of 68 km² and a population in 1881 of 4,746 and in 1901 of 6,038 inhabitants. The majority of the population were Muslims (80%) and the rest Hindus. The state and the town took their name from Sultan Muzaffar Jafar from Gujarat who built fortifications.^{[citation needed]}

Jafarabad State was founded around 1650. On 6 December 1733 the ruler of Jafarabad State signed a defensive and offensive treaty with theBritish East India Company. In 1759, the Jafarabad and Janjira states entered into apersonal union. Finally in 1834 Jafarabad State became aBritish protectorate.

Around 1731 when theMughal Empire rule was relaxed in Gujarat, the localThanedar (ruler) who was an ally in the Muslim Mughal garrison became independent. Thereafter theThanedar and the localKolis were devoted to piracy, repeatedly attacking ships and disturbing commercial traffic fromSurat.Sidi Hilal, the prince of the dynasty ofJanjira which was then ruling Surat, attacked the Kolis, destroyed their boats and captured them demanding a hefty fine.^[3]

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