The Memoirs of Jahāngīr (Jahāngīrnāma) 41: Journey to Gujarat.

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On Friday, the 1st of De, I marched three kos and three-quarters, and encamped on the banks of the tank of Jhanud. At this place Rai Man, the head of the royal footmen, caught a Rahu fish and brought it to me. I was very fond of this fish, which is the best of all the fishes found in India. Since the date I had passed the defile of Chanda up to this time, a space of eleven months, I had not been able to procure it, although every search was made. I was highly pleased at receiving it this day, and granted Rai Man a horse.
Though the country from the pargana of Dahad is reckoned as belonging to Gujarat, yet it was only from this stage that I saw a marked difference in all things, both jungle and cultivation. The people and their tongue were different. The jungles which I saw on the roadside were full of fruit trees, such as those of the mango, khirni, and tamarind. The fields are protected by the thorns of the zakum tree. The cultivators, in order to separate the lands of their respective possessions, make hedges of these thorns round their fields, and between them leave a narrow path for wayfarers. As the soil is very sandy, the least movement in a party of travellers raises so much dust, that one can see another’s face with difficulty, and therefore it came into my mind, that thenceforth Ahmadabad should not be called by that name, but Gardabad.