Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.15869
Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.15869
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c10.15869
1510.—“When a new Sultan succeeds to the throne, one of his lords, who are called Amirra (Ameer), says to him: ‘Lord, I have been for so long a time your slave, give me 100,000 or 200,000 teraphim of gold.’”—Varthema, 10.