[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886) › c10.111 # Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.111 Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.111 - **Language:** English ### [c10.111](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.111) 1838.—“Professor Dorn .... discusses severally the theories that have been maintained of the descent of the Afghaus: 1st, from the Copts; 2nd, the Jews; 3rd, the Georgians; 4th, the Toorks; 5th, the Moguls; 6th, the Armenians: and he mentions more cursorily the opinion that they are descended from the Indo-Scythians, Medians, Sogdians, Persians, and Indians: on considering all which, he comes to the rational conclusion, that they cannot be traced to any tribe or country beyond their present seats and the adjoining mountains.” -\*Elphinstone’s Caubool, ed. 1839, i. 209.\* - [Previous: c10.110](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.110) - [Next: c10.112](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.112) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.111](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.111) · Pramāṇa