Kafiristan
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Kafiristan was a historical region in the Hindu Kush (in present-day northeastern Afghanistan) known for its indigenous non-Islamic “Kafir” communities before their conversion and the area’s renaming as Nuristan in the late 19th century.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | historical region ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Nuristani languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nuristani peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Badakhshan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Chitral NERFINISHED ⓘ Kunar NERFINISHED ⓘ Laghman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conversionCentury | 19th century ⓘ |
| conversionPeriod | late 19th century ⓘ |
| convertedUnderRuler | Abdur Rahman Khan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Afghanistan ⓘ |
| culturalPractices |
clan-based social organization
ⓘ
distinctive wooden architecture ⓘ ritual wine consumption ⓘ |
| describedBy | George Scott Robertson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnonym | Kafir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | Nuristan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalStatus |
non-Islamic enclave in a predominantly Muslim area
ⓘ
remote frontier region ⓘ |
| inhabitantsCollectiveName | Kafirs of the Hindu Kush NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
distinct Indo-Iranian cultures
ⓘ
indigenous non-Islamic communities ⓘ polytheistic religious traditions ⓘ resistance to early Islamic expansion ⓘ |
| languageFamilyOfInhabitants | Indo-Iranian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Hindu Kush
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
northeastern Afghanistan ⓘ |
| mentionedIn | The Kafirs of the Hindu-Kush NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mountainRange | Hindu Kush NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | Land of the infidels ⓘ |
| partOf | Afghanistan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalEvent | forcible conversion campaigns of 1895–1896 ⓘ |
| politicalIncorporationInto | Emirate of Afghanistan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | pre-Islamic Nuristan region ⓘ |
| presentDayCountry | Afghanistan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| presentDayRegion | Nuristan Province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religionAfterConversion | Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religionBeforeConversion |
animism
ⓘ
polytheism ⓘ |
| religiousPractices |
sacred groves and shrines
ⓘ
sacrifice to local deities ⓘ |
| renamedAs | Nuristan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| renamingCentury | 19th century ⓘ |
| renamingReason |
Islamization of the population
ⓘ
political integration into Afghan state ⓘ |
| terrain |
forested valleys
ⓘ
mountainous ⓘ |
| timePeriod | antiquity to late 19th century ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
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