DABHOL AND SHAHI MASJID (Anda Masjid)
The Dabhol
port boasts of centuries old history. Dabhol was of great importance in the
14th, 15th and 16th centuries. It used to be the principal port of South Konkan
region, carrying on trade with ports in the Mediterranean, the Red Sea and the
Persian Gulf. During 13th to 15th centuries this port was ruled by the Bahamani
dynasty and was known as Mustafabad. Later on it was Hamjabad and then it was
Dabhol.
You can find many religious places of Hindus and
Muslims. There is a fine mosque called Shahi
Masjid with dome and
minarets standing close to the port which was built in Adilshah’s Regime. It is
said that Adilshah’s Begum spent around 1.5 million rupees in Indian currency
for the construction of this mosque. Shahi Masjid is an excellent example of
Muslim architecture. Dabhol was previously very famous, but of late much ruined
by the Wars, and decreased in trade.
Dabul was conquered by Chattrapati Shivaji Maharaj around
1660 and annexed to the new Maratha kingdom.
The erection of the Maratha fort of Anjanvel
(Gopalgad) right across the
river eclipsed whatever role remained for Dabul, and the once-great port city
simply evaporated and disappeared from the maps.
Attempts to locate the historic port have
sometimes led historians to mistakenly identify historic Dabul with modern Dapoli, an interior town several miles
north of Dabhol.
Sadly, Dabhol's name was revived in the 1990s in
association with the notorious Dabhol
Power Station erected near the site by the Enron Company.
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