The Memoirs of Jahāngīr (Jahāngīrnāma) 22.4.5

22.4.5

They have thick shoulders, and are low in the body. They are common in other of the hill-countries of India. For the most part they are vicious and hard-mouthed. When this God-created flower-garden acquired eternal beauty under the auspices of the State, and by the blessing of the teaching of the Alexander-minded Khaqan, many of the Aimaqs (cavalry) were presented with jagirs in this Subah, and herds of Iraqi and Turki horses were given them to breed from (kih hurra bagirand). The soldiers also brought horses on their own account, and in a short time horses were obtainable, so that many Kashmiri horses were bought and sold for 200 and Rs. 300, and even for Rs. 1,000. The merchants and artificers of this country are mostly Sunnis, while the soldiers are Imamiyya Shias. There is also the sect of Nurbakhshis. There is also a body of Faqirs whom they call Though they have not religious knowledge or learning of any sort, yet they possess simplicity, and are without pretence. They abuse no one, they restrain the tongue of desire, and the foot of seeking; they eat no flesh, they have no wives, and always plant fruit-bearing trees in the fields, so that men may benefit by them, themselves deriving no advantage. There are about 2,000 of these people. There is also a body of brahmans living from of old in this country, who still remain there and talk in the Kashmiri tongue. Outwardly one cannot distinguish them from Mussulmans.