Bombay/Mumbai

Jahwar

Janjira

Jath

Kolhapur

Sawantwadi

Bombay / Mumbai

Drawing H.G. Ströhl

Arms: Azure, three ships under sail lateen, rigged proper; a chief Or, thereon a lion passant guardant Gules between two pallets Sable, each charged with an ostrich-feather erect Argent.

Crest: Upon a wreath of the colours, a lion passant guardant Gules, crowned with an eastern crown Or, supporting with dexter paw an escutcheon Or, charged with a sprig of the cotton-tree, slipped and fructed proper.

Supporters: On the dexter a lion Or, and on the sinister a leopard proper, each gorged with an eastern crown, and pendant therefrom an escutcheon Azure, charged with a mullet Argent.

Motto:  urbs prima in indis. (The First City in India).

Arms and crest by R.W. 20.09.1877, the supporters on 02.10 of the same year.

The present coat of arms of the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai is the governing body of the city of Mumbai) is:

Arms: Quarterly: 1. The Gateway of India, one of Mumbai’s most prominent landmarks, signifies the position of Mumbai as a veritable gateway to India; 2. A symbolic factory inscribed in a cog wheel signifies the industrial importance of Mumbai; 3. The three sailing ships in outline denote Mumbai’s pre-eminence as a port and commercial centre; 4. A symbolized diagram of the Corporation building depicting the seat of Local Self Government in Mumbai.

Crest: A lion passant guardant.

Motto: ytae /mRSttae jy (Sanskrit for Where there is Righteousness, there shall be Victory) in golden lettering

Garland: A floral border, in base alotus flower, Or.

Source: Wikipedia

Mumbai Police

The emblem of the Mumbai Police consists of a five-pointed star radiant, charged with a medallion with the initials BMP within a bordure with the title BRIHANMUMBAI POLICE  in latin and gurbani script and separated by the Maharashtra police emblem.

The motto reads:

which means: PROTECT THE RIGHTEOUS AND CONTROL & DESTROY THE EVILDOERS, which is the motto of the Maharashtra police

Jahwar

Raja of ....

The family cognizance is an arrow barbed, point downward.

(Leithbridge)

The arms shows:

Arms: A target  charged with a hand holding two arrows and a bow in saltire, all proper

Supporter: A sword per pale, hilt upwards

Title: JAWHAR STATE on a ribbon in base

Janjira

Sidi Ibrahim Khan III

Sidi Ahmad Khan

1848-1879

1879-1922

Nawab of ....

Arms: Gules, a tower within an orle Argent over all a canton Vert.

Crest: On a helmet to the dexter lambrequined Gules and Vert, an eastern galley.

Supporters: Hubshis

Motto: Mansur i nazr Hazrat Panchetan.

                        (T. 44)

The Enclopædia Brittannica writes about the Habshī:

“African and Abyssinian slaves in pre-British India. The name derives from the Arabic word Habashī (“Abyssinian”), through its Persian form. Such slaves, frequently employed by the chiefs of Muslim India, especially in the Deccan, were believed to have great physical prowess and ability and a lack of personal ties, which promoted loyalty.

Many Habshī rose to high office and some became independent. Habshī  in western India, the Sidis of Janjira, commanded the fleet of the Bijapur sultan and became independent chiefs. They defied the Marathas and in 1670 transferred their allegiance to the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb. They accepted British supremacy and maintained their state until 1948, when it was integrated with the Bombay state of the new Indian union.”

Sidi Mohammed Khan

1922-1948

Royal Achievement

Arms: An eastern galley within a bordure inscribed

Crest: A fish saliant

Supporters: Habshī

Motto:  ﻥﺒﺟﺴ ٺﺴ ﺎﯧ ڔ

Mantling: Vert, lined ermine, fringed and tasseled Or, crowned with a royal crown of four hoops, on the diadem a crescent-and-star.

Achievement of State

Arms: A tower within a bordure inscribed

Crest: A an eastern galley

Supporters: Habshī

Motto: ﻥﺒﺟﺴ ٺﺴ ﺎﯧ ڔ

Royal Cypher

Jath

Jath was one of the non-salute princely states of British India, under the Bombay Presidency, and later the Deccan States Agency. With the small state of Daphlapur, which is an integral part of it, it formed the Bijapur Agency, under the collector of Bijapur District. The state acceded to the Dominion of India in 1947 and merged with Bombay in 1948

Arms: A tower ensigned with a pennon tenné, a ribbon with the title JATH STATE and the inscription 

Supporters: Two horses couped and two swords in saltire Sable.

Motto:

Achievement of the Raja

Princely Cypher of Desmukh Amritrao II Raosaheb Dafle

Kolhapur

Kolhapur entered into treaty relations with the HEIC, after the collapse of the Mahratta confederacy in 1812. The state acceded to the Dominion of India on 14th August 1947 and merged with Bombay on 1st March 1949.

Rajashri Shivaji IV

1871-1883

Raja of ....

Arms: Murrey, on a fesse Argent between four falcons close proper, a sword Sable, hilted Or.

Crest: On a helmet affrontée, lambrequined Murrey and Argent, a dexter hand entwined with a cobra proper.

Supporters: Two cheetahs (Acinonyx jabatus - Felidæ) proper.

Motto: Jaya Bhavani (Long Live Bhavani).

(T. 51)

Sawantwadi

Sawantvadi was effectively independent from 1675. For a considerable period, its rulers ravaged the seaboard as pirates, until defeated and compelled to cede their seaward territories to the HEIC in 1819. From then onwards advances were made in almost every area of public life, in administration, justice and public works, which made Sawantwadi a model state by the dawn of the twentieth century. The state acceded to the Dominion of India 15th August 1947, and merged into the state of Bombay in 1948.

Raghunath Sawant IV

1869-1899

Sir Desai of ....

Arms: Paly of four Or and Tenné, on a pile Sable a galley Argent.

Crest: On a helmet to the dexter, lambrequined Or and Tenné, a mullet Gules pierced Argent.

Supporters: Bears proper.

Motto: Jaya Sambhi (Long Live Sambhi).

(T. 78)

Sawantwadi State Emblem

The Sawantwadi State Emblem consists of the crest, the title and the motto j y x' .o (Jaya Sambhi) in devanagiri.