[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) › c10.15917 # Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.15917 Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.15917 - **Language:** English ### [c10.15917](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.15917) 1442.—“I saw a man with his body naked like the rest of the Hindus. The sovereign of this city (Calicut) bears the title of \*Sāmari\*. When he dies it is his sister’s son who succeeds him.”—\*Abdurrazzāk\*, in \*India in the XVth. Cent.\* 17. - [Previous: c10.15916](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.15916) - [Next: c10.15918](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.15918) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.15917](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.15917) · Pramāṇa