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MADURA FOOT to MAHRATTA MADURA FOOT, s. A fungoidal disease of the foot, apparently incurable except by amputation, which occurs in the Madura district, and especially in places where the Black soil prevails. Medical authorities have not yet decided on the causes or precise nature of the disease. See Nelson, Madura, Pt. i. pp. 9194; [Gribble, Cuddapah, 193]. MAGADOXO, n.p. This is the Portuguese representation, which has passed into general European use, of Makdashau, the name of a town and State on the Somali coast in E. Africa, now subject to Zanzibar. It has been shown by one of the present writers that Marco Polo, in his chapter on Madagascar, has made some confusion between Magadoxo and that island, mixing up particulars relating to both. It is possible that the name of Madagascar was really given from Makdashau, as Sir R. Burton supposes; but he does not give any authority for his statement that the name of Madagascar came from Makdishú (Magadoxo) . . whose Sheikh invaded it (Comment. on Camões, ii. 520). [Owen (Narrative, i. 357) writes the name Mukdeesha, and Boteler (Narrative, ii. 215) says it is pronounced by the Arabs Makodisha. The name is said to be Magaad-el-Shata, Harbour of the Sheep, and the first syllable has been identified with that of Maqdala and is said to mean door in some of the Galla dialects (Notes & Queries, 9 ser ii. 193, 310. Also see Mr. Grays note on Pyrard, Hak. Soc. i. 29, and Dr. Burnell on Linschoten, Hak. Soc. i. 19.] c. 1330.On departing from Zaila, we sailed on the sea for 15 days, and then arrived at Makdashau, a town of great size. The inhabitants possess a great number of camels, and of these they slaughter (for food) several hundreds every day.Ibn Batuta, ii. 181. MAGAZINE, s. This word is, of course, not Anglo-Indian, but may find a place here because of its origin from Ar. makhazin, plur. of al-makhzan, whence Sp. almacen, almagacen, magacen, Port. almazem, armazem, Ital. magazzino, Fr. magazin. c. 1340.The Sultan made him a grant of t he whole city of Siri and all its houses with the gardens and fields of the treasury (makhzan) adjacent to the city (of Delhi).Ibn Batuta, iii. 262. |
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