Kafiristan
Britishnoun
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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
In 1895-96 Kafiristan, a region which the delimitation included in the Afghan sphere of influence, was subjugated.
From Modern India by Curtis, William Eleroy
In the disguise of a native doctor he made a journey into Kafiristan in 1883, and this achievement gained for him the Murchison Grant of the Royal Geographical Society.
From Memoir of William Watts McNair by Howard, J. E.
Our only knowledge of this interesting people is from the reports of Mahommedans, and from an account of two native missionaries who penetrated into Kafiristan in 1865.
From Memoir of William Watts McNair by Howard, J. E.
We'll hitch on to a caravan at Peshawur till we get to Jagdallak, and then we'll see if we can get donkeys for our camels, and strike into Kafiristan.
From Indian Tales by Kipling, Rudyard
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