Referenced In

The Travels of Marco Polo
by Marco Polo, da Pisa Rusticiano

"enter the place where Messer St. Thomas is—I mean where his body lies, which is in a certain city of the province of Maabar."

The Travels of Marco Polo
by Marco Polo, da Pisa Rusticiano

"The Body of Messer St. Thomas the Apostle lies in this province of Maabar at a certain little town having no great population."

The Travels of Marco Polo
by Marco Polo, da Pisa Rusticiano

"Real order list includes: 'Maabar, including St. Thomas’s (Madras)'."

The Travels of Marco Polo
by Marco Polo, da Pisa Rusticiano

"Maabar appears as the first of the ten kingdoms described."