[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) › 910.5.5 # The Memoirs of Bābur 910.5.5 The Bābur-nāma in English (A. S. Beveridge) 910.5.5 - **Language:** English ### [910.5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.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.\[798\] - [Previous: 910.5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.910.5.4) - [Next: 910.5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.910.5.6) - [Up: 910.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.910.5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.910.5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.910.5.5) · Pramāṇa