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Kāfiristān, or Kāfirstān ( Pashto: کاپیرستان; Persian: کافرستان; lit. 'Land of Infidels ' ), is a historical region that covered present-day Nuristan Province in Afghanistan and its surroundings. This historic region lies on, and mainly comprises, the basins of the rivers Alingar, Pech (Kamah), Landai Sin river and Kunar ...
"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. The story was first published in The Phantom 'Rickshaw and Other Tales (1888); [1] it also appeared in Wee Willie Winkie and Other Child Stories (1895) and numerous later ...
Nurestan, Nuristan, dawniej Kafiristan (paszto: نورستان) – kraina w północno-wschodnim Afganistanie, przy granicy z Pakistanem, w południowym Hindukuszu, między dolinami Kabulu i Pandższiru. Stolica znajduje się w Parun. W 2021 roku liczyła prawie 167 tys. mieszkańców. Przypisy
Kafiristan and the information that had come to hand from Colonel Lockhart's mission, and crossed by Kipling's strong recent interest in Masonry."7 The story itself is frequently discussed, of course, as it is widely considered to be Kipling's best short work, but the question of Kafiristan's existence or nonexistence is almost
20 lip 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. Kafiristan, the Pagan Province of Afghanistan and Chitral, it’s a close cousin. The province of Nuristan was known as Kafiristan, that is, the land of infidels, until 1895-96 when Amir Abdur Rahman occupied it and forcefully converted the occupants to Islam. The province borders Pakistan’s Chitral district to the east which is ...
Thus "Kafir" here is used to refer to their being non-Muslims; the province was therefore known as Kafiristan. The majority were converted to Islam during Abdur Rahman Khan 's rule around 1895. The province is now known as Nuristan and the people as Nuristanis.
