[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) › c10.9044 # Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.9044 Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.9044 - **Language:** English ### [c10.9044](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.9044) c. 1343.—“Ten days after embarking at Calecut we arrived at the Islands called \*Dhibat-al-Mahal\*. . . . These islands are reckoned among the wonders of the World; there are some 2000 of them. Groups of a hundred, or not quite so many, of these islands are found clustered into a ring, and each cluster has an entrance like a harbour-mouth, and it is only there that ships can enter. . . . Most of the trees that grow on these islands are coco-palms. . . . They are divided into regions or groups . . . among which are distinguished . . . 3° \*Mahal\*, the group which gives a name to the whole, and which is the residence of the Sultans.”—\*Ibn Batuta\*, iv. 110 \*seqq.\* - [Previous: c10.9043](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.9043) - [Next: c10.9045](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.9045) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.9044](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.9044) · Pramāṇa