As the Persian names of some of these are not known, or rather, these birds don't exist in Persia (Wilayat), I have written the Hindi names. [400] The names of the carnivorous and herbivorous animals that are not in Kashmir are as follows: The tiger, the panther (yuz), the rhinoceros, [401] the wild buffalo, the black antelope, the gazelle, the kotah pacha (hog-deer), the nil-gaw, the wild ass, the hare, the lynx, the wild cat, the mushak-i-karbala'i (?), [402] the porpoise, and the porcupine.
On this day peaches came from Kabul by runners. The largest of these weighed 26 tolas, [403] or 65 misqals. As long as their season lasted, such a number came that I gave them to most of the Amirs, and to the private servants fed from the royal table.
On Friday, [404] the 27th, I went out to see Virnag, [405] the source of the Bihat. Going up the river 5 koss in a boat, I alighted at the village of Pampur.
On this day unpleasant news came from Kishtwar. The details of this are that when Dilawar K. conquered it and returned to Court, he left Nasru-llah `Arab, with some of the mansabdars to guard it. Nasru-llah made two mistakes. One was that he treated the Zamindars and the people of the place harshly, and did not observe a conciliatory demeanour towards them. The second was that the forces sent as auxiliaries to him, in expectation of increase of mansab, asked him for leave to go to Court and transact their affairs. He yielded to their representations, [406] and gave them leave one after the other. When only a small force was left with him, the Zamindars, whose hearts had been wounded by him, and were on the look out for a disturbance, found their opportunity and made an attack from all quarters. Having burnt the bridge by which the army had crossed, and by which assistance could come, they lighted the fire of disturbance and sedition. Nasru-llah shut himself up, and for two or three days defended himself with the greatest difficulty (literally, with a thousand life-extractions). As he had no provisions, and they had closed the road, he determined to accept martyrdom, and manfully, with some of those who were with him, performed the dues of bravery and valour until most of his men were killed, and some became captives in the hands of destiny.