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  • About the principle Afghan export, dried and fresh fruits, Trevor noted: "[b] ut little however of either kind pass through Kabul the great fruit trade being carried on from Cohdamun direct and the duties levied at Urghundee where fresh fruit packed for exportation pays three rupees per camel load and dried fruit two rupees exclusive of kishmish (raisins) on which there is some abatement." back

    Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier 2008

  • Many of the houses are built with interstices in the walls for the purpose of drying the grapes and converting them into kishmish (raisins) which appear to be one of the staple articles of food in Afghanistan ....

    Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier 2008

  • In the light of the shop I looked at the handful of nuts and kishmish raisins I was about to put in my mouth.

    Among the Believers 1981

  • In the light of the shop I looked at the handful of nuts and kishmish raisins I was about to put in my mouth.

    Among the Believers 1981

  • 'No, only badaam and kishmish, together weighing not more than half a kilogram.'

    rediff.com 2009

  • 'No, only badaam and kishmish, together weighing not more than half a kilogram.'

    rediff.com 2009

  • 'No, only badaam and kishmish, together weighing not more than half a kilogram.'

    rediff.com 2009

  • 'No, only badaam and kishmish, together weighing not more than half a kilogram.'

    rediff.com 2009

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  • I came across this word, meaning raisin(s), in an Indian recipe.

    August 31, 2014