[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) › 910.6.5 # The Memoirs of Bābur 910.6.5 The Bābur-nāma in English (A. S. Beveridge) 910.6.5 - **Language:** English ### [910.6.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.910.6.5) Ghaznī has little cultivated land. Its torrent, a four-mill or five-mill stream may-be, makes the town habitable and fertilizes four or five villages; three or four others are cultivated from under-ground water-courses (\_kārez\_). Ghaznī grapes are better than those of Kābul; its melons are more abundant; its apples \[Sidenote: Fol. 138.\] are very good, and are carried to Hindūstān. Agriculture is very laborious in Ghaznī because, whatever the quality of the soil, it must be newly top-dressed every year; it gives a better return, however, than Kābul. Ghaznī grows madder; the entire crop goes to Hindūstān and yields excellent profit to the growers. In the open-country of Ghaznī dwell Hazāra and Afghāns. Compared with Kābul, it is always a cheap place. Its people hold to the Ḥanafī faith, are good, orthodox Muṣalmāns, many keep a three months' fast,\[825\] and their wives and children live modestly secluded. - [Previous: 910.6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.910.6.4) - [Next: 910.6.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.910.6.6) - [Up: 910.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.910.6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.910.6.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.910.6.5) · Pramāṇa