; 9. बेखौ बुंनाय जायोदि कलामनि दानि सोहोरआ ख्रि.उ. 9थि जौथायाव, सिरियान फालांगिरि; सापिर इस’जों लुजादोंमोन।
It is said that the present town of Kollam was built by the Syrian merchant; Sapir Iso, in the 9th Century A. D.