(n.) One of a race inhabiting Kafiristan in Central Asia. (n.) One of a race which, with the Hottentots and Bushmen, inhabit South Africa. They inhabit the country north of Cape Colony, the name being ...
Ella Maillart justifies her restlessness, her need for movement and travel, with a scientific pretext: she would like to explore the mysterious Kafiristan Valley and make a name for herself with ...
While serving as military officers in the remote city of Kafiristan in E. Afghanistan (a province now called Nuristan), the pair were mistaken for gods or kings by the people in the priest cult.
Gardner fled, passing through the Pamirs, Xinjiang and Kashmir. He was the first European to visit Kafiristan in eastern Afghanistan, the remote region of the Hindu Kush where the native peoples clung ...
Weary of military life, the companions visit Kafiristan, a land where they are celebrated as rulers by the people. John Huston wanted to make the film as a young child, originally envisioning ...
Sean Connery and Michael Cane star in John Huston's epic adaptation of the 1888 Rudjard Kipling novella about a pair of rogue British NCOs who travel from India to Kafiristan (Northern Afghanistan) in ...
Each hairpin bend brought us closer to the Afghan border, as we moved ever further into the heart of old Kafiristan. We were deep into Kipling territory now. The Kalash, a polytheist sect whose ...
with Connery eventually revered as a god in nearby Kafiristan. All the nasty bits of British imperialism and colonialism are here (and the duo do eventually get their comeuppance), but it’s a joy to ...
They must survive a perilous journey - assisted by the dashing Colonel Cameron - across Kafiristan, Afghanistan, Persia, and Turkey before finally arriving at The Hermitage Estate. But the adventure ...