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Bookmark or Share- Nūrestān | Central Asia, Hindu Kush, Tribal Areas | BritannicaNūrestān, historic region in eastern Afghanistan, about 5,000 square miles (13,000 square km) in area and comprising the upper valleys of the Alīngār, Pīch, and Landay Sind rivers and the intervening mountain ranges.
- Nuristanis - WikipediaKautiak villagers in Nuristan province with U.S. Navy commander (right) The Nuristanis are an ethnic group native to the Nuristan Province of northeastern Afghanistan and Chitral District of northwestern Pakistan. Their languages comprise the Nuristani branch of Indo-Iranian languages.
- NURISTAN – Encyclopaedia IranicaNURISTAN. 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 ...
- Nuristan Province - WikipediaNuristan, also spelled as Nurestan or Nooristan ( Dari: نورستان; Kamkata-vari: [a] Nuriston ), is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the eastern part of the country. It is divided into seven districts and is Afghanistan's least populous province, with a population of around 167,000. [2] Parun serves as the provincial capital.
- Nūristāni | History, Culture & Language | BritannicaThe Nūristāni are nominally Sunni Muslims but continue many of their traditional ways dating from before their conquest by the Afghans in 1895–96. Their earlier record was one of brigandage and plundering; they were, and still are, intensely loyal to their own people and strongly cherish their independence.
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