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050 00 $aDS354.6.K3$bR6 1896
051 $aDS354.6.K3$bR6 1896 Suppl.
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100 1 $aRobertson, George Scott,$cSir,$d1852-1916.
245 14 $aThe Káfirs of the Hindu-Kush /$cby Sir George Scott Robertson, K.C.S.I. ; illustrated by A.D. McCormick.
260 $aLondon :$bLawrence & Bullen, Ltd.,$c1896.
300 $axx, 658 pages :$billustrations, folded map ;$c26 cm
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500 $a"Printed by Ballantyne, Hanson & Co."--Title page verso.
500 $aSupplemented by: Synopsis of contents & Index, prepared by Lennart Edelberg & Lis Gramstrup, in collaboration with Kirsten Ewers Andersen & Schuyler Jones. With a map by Lennart Edelberg. (59 p., fold. map (in pocket), group port., 25 cm.) published: Moesård : Jutland Archĕological Society, 1971. Call number : DS354.6.K3 R6 1896 Suppl.
520 $aKafiristan, or "The Land of the Infidels," was a region of eastern Afghanistan where the inhabitants had retained their traditional pagan culture and religion and rejected conversion to Islam. The Káfirs of the Hindu-Kush is a detailed ethnographic account of the Kafirs, written by George Scott Robertson (1852-1916), a British administrator in India. With the approval of the government of India, Robertson made a preliminary visit to Kafiristan in October 1889, and then lived among the Kafirs for almost a year, from October 1890 to September 1891. Robertson describes his journey from Chitral (in present-day Pakistan) to Kafiristan and the difficulties he encountered in traveling about the country and in gaining information about the Kafir culture and religion. The latter, he writes, "is a somewhat low form of idolatry, with an admixture of ancestor-worship and some traces of fire-worship also. The gods and goddesses are numerous, and of varying degrees of importance or popularity." Robertson describes religious practices and ceremonies, the tribal and clan structure of Kafir society, the role of slavery, the different villages in the region, and everyday life and social customs, including dress, diet, festivals, sport, the role of women in society, and much else that he observed first-hand. The book is illustrated with drawings, and it concludes with a large fold-out topographical map, which shows the author's route in Kafiristan. In 1896 the ruler of Afghanistan, Amir 'Abd al-Rahman Khan (reigned 1880-1901), conquered the area and brought it under Afghan control. The Kafirs became Muslims and in 1906 the region was renamed Nuristan, meaning the "Land of Light," a reference to the enlightenment brought by Islam.$cWorld Digital Library.
600 10 $aRobertson, George Scott,$cSir,$d1852-1916$xTravel$zAfghanistan.
650 0 $aNuristani (Asian people)$xSocial life and customs$y19th century.
651 0 $aNuristan (Afghanistan : Region)$xDescription and travel.
651 0 $aHindu Kush Mountains (Afghanistan and Pakistan)$xDescription and travel.
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651 7 $aAfghanistan.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01205406
651 7 $aAfghanistan$zNuristan Region.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01339325
651 7 $aAsia$zHindu Kush Mountains.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01310252
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700 1 $aMcCormick, A. D.$q(Arthur David),$d1860-1943,$eillustrator.
710 2 $aLawrence & Bullen,$epublisher.
710 2 $aBallantyne, Hanson and Co.,$eprinter.
770 0 $aEdelberg, Lennart.$tSynopsis of contents & index to Sir George Scott Robertson The Kafirs of the Hindu-Kush.$dMoesgård, Jutland Archaeological Society, 1971$z8700014915$w(OCoLC)818835
776 08 $iOnline version:$aRobertson, George Scott, Sir, 1852-1916.$tKáfirs of the Hindu-Kush.$dLondon, Lawrence & Bullen, ltd., 1896$w(OCoLC)647386207
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