[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) › c10.649 # Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.649 Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.649 - **Language:** English ### [c10.649](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.649) 1842.—"Here (at Simla) there is a great preponderance of Mahometans. I am told that the guns produced absolute consternation, visible in their countenances. One \*Ayah\* threw herself upon the ground in an agony of despair. . . . I fired 42 guns for Ghuzni and Cabul; the 22nd (42nd?) gun—which announced that all was finished—was what overcame the Mahometans."—\*Lord Ellenborough, in Indian Administration\* 295. This stuff was written to the great Duke of Wellington! - [Previous: c10.648](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.648) - [Next: c10.650](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.650) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.649](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.649) · Pramāṇa