Sanjan (Gujarat)

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Sanjan is the second station in Gujarat (the first station is Umergaon) just inside the Gujarat-Maharashtra border, when travelling on the Western Railway line. Sanjan belongs to the Valsad district.

Sanjan is believed to have been founded by Zoroastrian refugees who sought asylum in Gujarat c. 936. Those Zoroastrians, whose descendants are today known as the Parsis, are thought to have named the settlement after Sanjan in Greater Khorasan, the city of their origin.

Sanjan or Sanjan Bundar as it is locally known is a village In Surat, Gujarat situated in the valsad district of Surat, 10 Miles before the Portuguese colonised Daman, During The 1700's There was a huge influx of Spanish and French Muslim Traders who settled in Sanjan to begin trading Indian Spices which was a hugely profitable market at the time, They married Hindu Gujarati women who later on went on to convert to Islam, The current Muslim population of sanjan are believed to be the descendents of these people.

[edit] See also

• Qissa-i Sanjan, an account of the early years of Zoroastrian settlers in India.