A second Siddi state, created in 1791 when Balu Mia, ousted heir of Janjira, traded his claim on the island fortress to the Peshwa for a scatter of villages near Surat; the Peshwa never got Janjira, and Balu Mia's Abyssinian-descended line ruled Sachin until 1948.
Acceded to India in 1947 and merged into Bombay State on 10 June 1948 (Gujarat from 1960).
Covers the Siddi houses of western India including the Janjira-Sachin split that created this state.