The Memoirs of Jahāngīr (Jahāngīrnāma) 12.1.7

12.1.7

This village is one of the most famous places in Kashmir; and in it, in a piece of verdant land, there are nearly a hundred handsome plane trees, the branches of which interlace and afford a deep and extensive shade. The surface of the land is so covered with green that it requires no carpet to be spread on it. The village was founded by Sultan Zainu-l ’Abidin, who ruled firmly over Kashmir for fifty-two years. He is called there Baroshah, or the Great King. He is said to have performed many miracles. The remains of his many buildings are still to be seen there; and among these there is a building called Rain Lanka, which he built with great difficulty in the middle of the lake called Ulur (Wulur), about three or four in circumference. This lake is exceedingly deep. To form the foundation of the building, boat-loads of stone were thrown into the lake; but as this proved of no use, some thousands of boats laden with stones were sunk, and so with great labour a foundation of a hundred yards square was raised above the water, and smoothed. On one side of it were erected a palace and a place for the worship of God, than which no finer buildings can anywhere be found. Generally he used to come to this place in a boat, and devoted his time there to the worship of Almighty God. It is said that he passed many periods of forty days in this place. One day one of his sons came into the sacred place, with a drawn sword in his hand, with the intention of killing him.