Kafiristan
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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They are the last survivors of the people of Kafiristan, who were mostly converted to Islam in the nineteenth century.
From Reuters ● Nov. 9, 2015
Indeed, this keen participation in the nature and delights of the young was the secret of his success during the Kafiristan exploration.
From Memoir of William Watts McNair by J. E. Howard
The peaks in Kafiristan reach to heights of from 11,000 to 16,000 feet.
From Memoir of William Watts McNair by J. E. Howard
Whilst in Afghanistan he mapped a very large portion of hitherto unknown country, including the Lughman Valley and approaches to Kafiristan, and the Logar and Wardak Valleys to the south of Kabul.
From Memoir of William Watts McNair by J. E. Howard
A tree of the northwestern Himalayas found on the borders of Cashmere and Thibet and in Kafiristan and north Afghanistan, and so highly prized for its nuts that it is rarely felled for its wood.
From The Genus Pinus by George Russell Shaw
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