The Memoirs of Bābur 910.5.5

910.5.5

(_Authors note to Multa-kundī._) As Multa-kundī is known the lower part of the _tūmān_ of Kūnār-with-Nūr-gal; what is below (_i.e._ on the river) belongs to the valley of Nūr and to Atar.[791] Another _bulūk_ is Chaghān-sarāī,[793] a single village with little land, in the mouth of Kāfiristān; its people, though Muṣalmān, mix with the Kāfirs and, consequently, follow their customs.[794] A great torrent (the Kūnār) comes down to it from the north-east from behind Bajaur, and a smaller one, called Pīch, comes down out of Kāfiristān. Strong yellowish wines are had there, not in any way resembling those of the Nūr-valley, however. The village has no grapes or vineyards of its own; its wines are all brought from up the Kāfiristān-water and from Pīch-i-kāfiristānī. The Pīch Kāfirs came to help the villagers when I took the place. Wine is so commonly used there that every Kāfir has his leathern wine-bag (_khīg_) at his neck, and drinks wine instead of water.[795] Kāma, again, though not a separate district but dependent on Nīngnahār, is also called a _bulūk_.[796] [Sidenote: Fol. 135.] Nijr-aū[797] is another _tūmān_. It lies north of Kābul, in the Kohistān, with mountains behind it inhabited solely by Kāfirs; it is a quite sequestered place. It grows grapes and fruits in abundance. Its people make much wine but, they boil it. They fatten many fowls in winter, are wine-bibbers, do not pray, have no scruples and are Kāfir-like.[798]