تحفة النظار في غرايب الامصار وعجايب الاسفار 13.67.2

13.67.2

horses' ears, and some resemble bramble leaves. It bears small clusters whose berries are like those of the abū qunayna when they are green. When autumn comes they gather it and spread it on mats in the sun, as is done with grapes when making raisins, and they keep turning it until it is thoroughly dry and black, and then they sell it to the merchants. The common people in our country claim that they roast it over fire and that this is what causes its wrinkling, but that is not so; it is caused by the sun. I saw it in the city of Qāliqūṭ being poured out for measuring like millet in our country.