Definition of "Cashmere"

The last accounts from Mr. Moncrieff left him at Cashmere. From that place he sent to ask permission of the Government of Kashgar to go to Buchara, to purchase horses. This was refused, and he was obliged to take another route and proceed through Cabul.

1826, Sylvanus Urban, “Foreign News”, in The Gentleman's Magazine‎, volume XCVI, London: John Nichols and Son, page 634