Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.12857
Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.12857
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1563.—“O. . . And returning to our subject, as Adel in Persian means ‘justice,’ they called the prince of these territories Adelham, as it were ‘Lord of Justice.’