[149] Literally, "Believers in the Book"; these, therefore, have none of the four Sacred Books, viz., Koran, Tevrat, Gospels, and Psalms. Consequently they are heathen.
[150] The burning of widows (Suttee) has in recent times been put a stop to by the English, and it is very characteristic that the Moguls had, long before that time, endeavored to check the custom.
[151] Also called khutaz and kudaz, a kind of horned cattle. Their tail is used as an ornament to hang round the horse's neck.
[152] It appears from this passage that the Emperor's guests only received the gifts allotted to them when on their return journey; had, in fact, to collect them from the authorities of the districts through which they passed.
[153] Khoshab, the name of a town in Punjab, situated on the river Djehlam, and not the name of the river itself, as our author states.
[154] Nilab, "blue water," can not possibly be the river Kabul.
[155] Bakhtar-Zemin, or Bakhtarland, i.e., Bactria.
[156] Generally translated by "rhinoceros." Baber (1356) makes mention of this animal under the name of gherek, and he describes it as being about the size of a buffalo.
[157] Perhaps more correctly Lughman, east of Kabul.
[158] Hezare is the name of the mountainous region, northeast of Peshawur; also the name of an Iranian Mongol tribe, dwelling between Herat and Kabul.