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Kafiristan took its name from the enduring kafir (non-Muslim) Nuristani inhabitants who once followed a distinct form of ancient Hinduism mixed with locally developed accretions; they were thus known to the surrounding predominantly Sunni Muslim population as Kafirs, meaning "disbelievers" or "infidels". [1]
A. H. Wheeler & Co. of Allahabad. Publication date. 1888. " The Man Who Would Be King " (1888) is a story by Rudyard Kipling about two British adventurers in British India who become kings of Kafiristan, a remote part of Afghanistan.
Kafiristan, which literally means "the land of the infidel," is the name given to a tract of country enclosed between Chitral and Afghan territory. It was formerly peopled by pagan mountaineers, who maintained a wild independence until 1895, when they were finally subdued by Abdur Rahman, the amir of Kabul, who also compelled them to accept the ...
Aug 10, 2012 · Kafiristan, which literally means "the land of the infidel," was the name given to a tract of country enclosed between Chitrai and Afghan territory. It was formerly peopled by mountaineers, who...
Kafiristan is a historical region in northwestern Afghanistan. The region was invaded by Amir Abdur Rahman Khan in 1895–96 and converted to Islam, and subsequently renamed Nuristan.
How We Lost Kafiristan READING MY SUNDAY NEW YORK TIMES, not long ago, an article in the "World" section caught my attention: Meet Stan, and Stan, and ... BISHKEK, KYRGYSTAN Pop quiz. Kafiristan is: a.) the closest neighbor of this struggling new Central Asian democracy. b.) a region within Russia that has tried three times since 1991 to secede.
The term Kafiristan ("The land of the infidel" in Persian) refers to the fact that the inhabitants of this region in the northeast of Afghanistan were non-Muslims, following Buddhism and other pre-Islamic religious practices long after neighboring regions had converted to Islam.
Kafiristan took its name from the enduring kafir (non-Muslim) Nuristani inhabitants who once followed a distinct form of ancient Hinduism mixed with locally developed accretions; they were thus known to the surrounding predominantly Sunni Muslim population as Kafirs, meaning "disbelievers" or "infidels".
Apr 7, 2008 · Kafiristan, or "The Land of the Infidels," was a region of eastern Afghanistan where the inhabitants had retained their traditional pagan culture and religion and rejected conversion to Islam.
Jun 29, 2019 · The main construction of ethnic identity in this region ‘Kafiristan’ (present-day Nuristan, Chitral, Upper Swat and Upper Dir, Kohistan, Gilgit and parts of Kashmir) is exogenous.
