The Memoirs of Bābur 910.5.3

910.5.3

Of the two _bulūks_ of Lamghān one is the Nūr-valley.[781] This is a place (_yīr_) without a second[782]; its fort is on a beak (_tūmshūq_) of rock in the mouth of the valley, and has a torrent on each side; its rice is grown on steep terraces, and it can be traversed by one road only.[783] It has the orange, citron and other fruits of hot climates in abundance, a few dates even. Trees cover the banks of both the torrents below the fort; many are _amlūk_, the fruit of which some Turks call _qarā-yīmīsh_;[784] here they are many, but none have been seen elsewhere. The valley grows grapes also, all trained on trees.[785] Its wines are those of Lamghān that have reputation. Two sorts of grapes are grown, the _arah-tāshī_ and the _sūhān-tāshī_;[786] the first are yellowish, the second, full-red of fine colour. The first make the more cheering wine, but it must be said that neither wine equals its reputation for cheer. High up in one of its glens, apes (_maimūn_) are found, none below. Those people (_i.e._ Nūrīs) used to keep swine but they have given it up in our time.[787] Another _tūmān_ of Lamghān is Kūnār-with-Nūr-gal. It lies somewhat out-of-the-way, remote from the Lamghānāt, with its borders in amongst the Kāfir lands; on these accounts its people give in tribute rather little of what they have. The Chaghān-sarāī [Sidenote: Fol. 134.] water enters it from the north-east, passes on into the _bulūk_ of Kāma, there joins the Bārān-water and with that flows east.