KATTYWAR, a province of Hindustan, comprehending the whole of the peninsula of Guzerat, bounded on the N. and N.W. by the Rann and the Gulf of Cutch, on the S.W. and S. by the Arabian Sea, on the E. by the Gulf of Cambay and the British district of Ahmedabad. It is divided into twelve districts, which are again subdivided into the separate possessions of a host of Hindu chiefs, some of whom are tributary to the British government, others to the Guicowar. The Peishwa formerly claimed very considerable tributary rights in Kattywar, and the destruction of his power and sovereignty by the British transferred them to the latter. In this manner did the British government acquire superiority over part of the chiefs above mentioned; and it being found inconvenient that two authorities should exercise the power of levying tribute, all have been placed under the control of that government, by whose agency the entire tribute is now collected, the Guicowar's share being accounted for to that prince. The number of chiefs amounts to 216; their total revenue to L.450,172, of which L.104,739 is paid as tribute, leaving a residue of L.345,433. The chiefs are left in a large degree of independence. A criminal court has been established for the trial of more serious offences, through the agency of the British resident
but the native chiefs of the several states sit therein as assessors. The area of the Kattywar is returned at 19,850 square miles, with a population of 1,468,900.