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The Memoirs of Jahāngīr (Jahāngīrnāma) 12.2.4

Dwázda-Sála-i Jahángírí; Wáki’át Jahángírí, of the Emperor Jahángír (Elliot & Dowson, extracts) 12.2.4

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12.2.4

This place is called Hatya because it was founded by a Gakkhur named Hati. The country from Margalla to Hatya is called Pothuwar. Within this tract there are but few crows to be found. Between Rohtas and Hatya is the country of the Bugyals, who are of the same stock, and connected with the Gakkhurs. On Friday I marched four kos and three-quarters to Pakka, so called because it has a sarai built of baked bricks; and Pakka in the Hindi language means "baked." There was nothing but dust on the road; and in consequence of the annoyances I experienced, I found it a very troublesome march. In this place most of the sorrel brought from Kabul got injured. On Saturday, the 8th, I marched four and a half kos to a place called Khar, which means "broken ground" in the Gakkhur language. This country is very bare of trees.