[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) › c10.9028 # Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.9028 Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.9028 - **Language:** English ### [c10.9028](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.9028) c. 1150.—"The Isle of Malai is very great. . . . The people devote themselves to very profitable trade; aud there are found here elephants, rhinoceroses, and various aromatics and spices, such as clove, cinnamon, nard . . . and nutmeg. In the mountains are mines of gold, of excellent quality . . . the people also have windmills."—\*Edrisi\*, by Jaubert, i. 945. - [Previous: c10.9027](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.9027) - [Next: c10.9029](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.9029) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.9028](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.9028) · Pramāṇa