POORBUNDER, a town of India, on the S.W. coast of the peninsula of Kattywar, in the province of Guzerat, presidency of Bombay, 210 miles S.W. of Ahmedabad, and
275 N.W. of Bombay. It has a harbour, which, being obstructed by a bar at the entrance, does not admit vessels of a large size. The harbour is, however, the best on this coast, and frequented by many vessels, which carry on an active trade with the various seaports in Sind, Beloochistan, Arabia, the east coast of Africa, and the Concan and Malabar coasts. The principal articles of export are wheat, oil, millet, cotton, and thread; the imports, iron, steel, tin, lead, sugar, pepper, spices, and other articles. There are about sixty vessels of various sizes belonging to the port. The half of the duties levied at the port of Poorbunder, amounting annually to L.3000 or L.3500, is paid to the British government by the rana, or chief of the Jaitwa tribe of Rajpoots, who holds the town and surrounding districts from the Guicowar, himself a dependent ally of the British.