The Memoirs of Bābur 910.6.4

910.6.4

Again, there is the _wilāyat_, or, as some say, _tūmān_ of Ghaznī, said to have been[823] the capital of Sabuk-tīgīn, Sl. Maḥmūd and their descendants. Many write it Ghaznīn. It is said also to have been the seat of government of Shihābu'd-dīn _Ghūrī_,[824] styled Mu`iz̤z̤u'd-dīn in the _T̤abaqāt-i-nāṣirī_ and also some of the histories of Hind. Ghaznī is known also as _Zābulistān_; it belongs to the Third climate. Some hold that Qandahār is a part of it. It lies 14 _yīghāch_ (south-) west of Kābul; those leaving it at dawn, may reach Kābul between the Two Prayers (_i.e._ in the afternoon); whereas the 13 _yīghāch_ between Adīnapūr and Kābul can never be done in one day, because of the difficulties of the road.