[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) › c10.12855 # Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.12855 Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.12855 - **Language:** English ### [c10.12855](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.12855) “In this island (Goa called Goga) there is a fortress near the sea, walled round after our manner, in which there is sometimes a captain called Savaiu, who has 400 Mamelukes, he himself being also a Mameluke. . .”—\*Varthema\*, 116. - [Previous: c10.12854](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.12854) - [Next: c10.12856](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.12856) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.12855](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.12855) · Pramāṇa