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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 was a province of Afghanistan, formerly inhabited by pagan mountaineers who resisted Islam until 1895. Learn about its location, climate, scenery, wildlife, passes and tribes from this encyclopedia article.
Jul 20, 2004 · NURISTAN. NURISTAN (Nurestān), the “Land of Light,” a region to the northeast of Afghanistan, imbedded in the Hindu Kush valleys to the south of its main ridge. It was earlier known as Kafiristan (Kāferestān), land of the non-Islamic and thus “heathen” (kāfer), until its enforced Islamization in 1896 brought “light” or ...
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.
Kafiristan was a historical region comprising Nuristan Province of Afghanistan and Chitral District of Pakistan. The region was named after its Kafir (non-Muslim) Nuristani inhabitants who followed an ancient form of Hinduism mixed with local traditions.
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.
