[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) › c10.658 # Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.658 Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.658 - **Language:** English ### [c10.658](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.658) BABAGOOREE, s. H. Bābāghūrī, the white agate (or chalcedony?) of Cambay. \[For these stones see Forbes, Or. Mem. 2nd ed. i. 323 : Tavernier, ed. Ball, i. 68.\] It is apparently so called from the patron saint or martyr of the district containing the mines, under whose special protection the miners place themselves before descending into the shafts. Tradition alleges that he was a prince of the great Ghori dynasty, who was killed in a great battle in that region. But this prince will hardly be found in history. - [Previous: c10.657](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.657) - [Next: c10.659](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.659) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.658](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.658) · Pramāṇa