[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Mughals (1526–1857)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal) › [Bābur (1526–1530)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur) › [Bāburnāma](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama) › [The Babur-nama in English (A. S. Beveridge)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge) › 903.2.6 # The Memoirs of Bābur 903.2.6 The Bābur-nāma in English (A. S. Beveridge) 903.2.6 - **Language:** English ### [903.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.903.2.6) Samarkand has good districts and \_tūmāns\_. Its largest district, and one that is its equal, is Bukhārā, 25 \_yīghāch\_\[394\] to the west. Bukhārā in its turn, has several \_tūmāns\_; it is a fine town; its fruits are many and good, its melons excellent; none in Mā warā'u'n-nahr matching them for quality and quantity. Although the Mīr Tīmūrī melon of Akhsī\[395\] is sweeter and more delicate than any Bukhārā melon, still in Bukhārā many kinds of melon are good and plentiful. The Bukhārā plum is famous; no other equals it. They skin it,\[396\] dry it and \[Sidenote: Fol. 49.\] carry it from land to land with rarities (\_tabarrūklār bīla\_); it is an excellent laxative medicine. Fowls and geese are much looked after (\_parwārī\_) in Bukhārā. Bukhārā wine is the strongest made in Mā warā'u'n-nahr; it was what I drank when drinking in those countries at Samarkand.\[397\] - [Previous: 903.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.903.2.5) - [Next: 903.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.903.2.7) - [Up: 903.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.903.2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.903.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.903.2.6) · Pramāṇa