[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) › 910.4.2 # The Memoirs of Bābur 910.4.2 The Bābur-nāma in English (A. S. Beveridge) 910.4.2 - **Language:** English ### [910.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.910.4.2) It has a very pleasant climate; if the world has another so pleasant, it is not known. Even in the heats, one cannot sleep at night without a fur-coat.\[746\] Although the snow in most places lies deep in winter, the cold is not excessive; whereas in \[Sidenote: Fol. 130.\] Samarkand and Tabrīz, both, like Kābul, noted for their pleasant climate, the cold is extreme. (\_d. Meadows of Kābul.\_) There are good meadows on the four sides of Kābul. An excellent one, Sūng-qūrghān, is some 4 miles (2 \_kuroh\_) to the north-east; it has grass fit for horses and few mosquitos. To the north-west is the Chālāk meadow, some 2 miles (1 \_shar\`ī\_) away, a large one but in it mosquitos greatly trouble the horses. On the west is the Dūrrīn, in fact there are two, Tīpa and Qūsh-nādir (var. nāwar),—if two are counted here, there would be five in all. Each of these is about 2 miles from the town; both are small, have grass good for horses, and no mosquitos; Kābul has no others so good. On the east is the Siyāh-sang meadow with Qūtlūq-qadam's tomb\[747\] between it and the Currier's-gate; it is not worth much because, in the heats, it swarms with mosquitos. Kamarī\[748\] meadow adjoins it; counting this in, the meadows of Kābul would be six, but they are always spoken of as four. (\_e. Mountain-passes into Kābul.\_) The country of Kābul is a fastness hard for a foreign foe to make his way into. - [Previous: 910.4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.910.4.1) - [Next: 910.4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.910.4.3) - [Up: 910.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.910.4) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.910.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.910.4.2) · Pramāṇa