[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) › c10.178 # Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.178 Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.178 - **Language:** English ### [c10.178](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.178) \*\*ALLAHABAD\*\*, n.p. This name, which was given in the time of Akbar to the old Hindu Prayāg or Prāg (PRAAG) has been subjected to a variety of corrupt pronunciations, both European and native. \*Illahābāz\* is a not uncommon native form, converted by Europeans into \*Halabas\*, and further by English soldiers formerly into \*Isle o' bats\*. And the \*Illiabad\*, which we find in the \*Hastings charges\*, survives in the \*Elleeabad\* still heard occasionally. - [Previous: c10.177](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.177) - [Next: c10.179](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.179) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.178](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.178) · Pramāṇa