{
  "bookName": "History of Christianity in India: Source Materials",
  "authorName": "M. K. Kuriakose",
  "publisherName": "Indian Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge",
  "publicationYear": 2011,
  "chapterNumber": 26,
  "chapterName": "1340. Amr the Son of Mathew on the Tomb of St. Thomas and the Tradition of St. Bartholomew",
  "pageFrom": 18,
  "pageTo": 18,
  "pages": [
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      "pageNumber": 18,
      "ocrText": "18\nHISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY IN INDIA\nextendeth for a good eighteen days' journey, and in that forest\nthere be two cities, the one whereof is called Flandrina (Pandarani)\nand the other Cyngilin (Cranganore). In the city of Flandrina\nsome of the inhabitants are Jews and some are Christians; and\nbetween those two cities there is always internal war, but the\nresult is always that the Christians beat them and overcome the\nJews\nFrom this realm 'tis a journey of ten days to another realm\nwhich is called Mobar, and this is very great, and hath under it\nmany cities and towns. And in this realm is laid the body of the\nBlessed Thomas the Apostle. His church is filled with idols,\nand beside it are some fifteen houses of the Nestorians, that is to\nsay Christians, but vile and pestilent heretics.\n26. AMR THE SON OF MATHEW ON THE TOMB\nOF ST. THOMAS AND THE TRADITION OF\nST. BARTHOLOMEW (1340 A.D.)\nAmr was a Christian Arab historian. Joseph Simon Assemani,\nBibliotheca Orientalis, Vol. IV. 34. Cited in A. C. Perumalil, The\nApostles in India, p. 73.\nThomas' tomb is in the island of Meilan (Mylapore) in India\non the right hand side of the altar, in his monastery (dair).\nAssemani, Bibliotheca Orientalis, Vol. IV. (3.2.) 19. Cited in A. C.\nPerumalil, The Apostles in India, pp. 133-134.\nLikewise Bartholomew journeyed through these (Nisibis and\nAssyria) and other regions and preached in Major Armenia;\nbut he did not remain there; he betook himself to the regions of\nIndia where he was flayed.\n27. JOHN DE MARIGNOLLI ON THE ST. THOMAS\nCHRISTIANS AND THEIR TRADITIONS (1349 A.D.)\nJohn de Marignolli gives an account of his travels through the\nareas of India occupied by the St. Thomas Christians. Yule-Cordier,\nCathay and the Way Thither, Vol. III, pp. 216-218, 249-254.\nAnd sailing on the feast of St. Stephen, we navigated the Indian\nSea until Palm Sunday, and when arrived at a very noble city of\nIndia called Columbum (Quilon) where the whole world's pepper\nis produced. Now this pepper grows on a kind of vines, which\nare planted just like in our vineyards. These vines produce clus-",
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