; 9 . बेखौ बुंनाय जायोदि कलामनि दानि सोहोरआ ख्रि . उ . 9 थि 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 .