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    observed the following about pre-Islamic Nuristani religion: "Before their conversion to Islâm the Nuristânis practiced a form of ancient Hinduism, infused...
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    Pakhtunkhwa's Chitral District, Pakistan. The region inhabited by the Nuristanis is located in the southern Hindu Kush mountains, and is drained by the...
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  • Look up Nuristani in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Nuristani may refer to: Nuristani languages, Indo-Iranian languages Nuristani people, speakers of...
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    the east by Pakistan. The origins of the Nuristani people traces back to the 4th century BC. Some Nuristanis claim being descendants of the Greek occupying...
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    Kohistanis, Torwalis, Hazaras, Burusho, Wakhis, Kalash, Siddis, Uzbeks, Nuristanis, Pamiris, Hindkowans, Kyrgyz, Turkmen, Uyghurs and other various minorities...
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    Dr. Ahmad Yusuf Nuristani is a former politician from Afghanistan. He served as governor of Herat province from January 2009 to August 2010. In September...
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    known as Nuristan, the "Land of Light". Before their conversion, the Nuristanis practiced a form of ancient Hinduism. Non-Muslim religious practices endure...
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  • Ramazan Nuristani (born 1932) was an Afghan field hockey player and a member of the national team. He played in two of Afghanistan's three field hockey...
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    Abdul Qadir Nuristani (Persian: عبدالقادر نورستان) was an Afghan Minister of the Interior during the Republic of Afghanistan. Abdul Qadir had previously...
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  • Waigali (Kalaṣa-alâ), also known as Nuristani Kalasha, is a language spoken by about 10,000 Nuristani people of the Waigal Valley in the Nuristan Province...
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    adopted for the Kalash people by the Kalasha speakers of Chitral from the Nuristanis of Waygal, who for a time expanded up to southern Chitral several centuries...
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  • Kom people (Afghanistan) (category Nuristani tribes)
    became collectively known as Nuristanis (sometimes loosely translated as "enlightened ones"). Nurestan Nuristani people Nuristani languages Katir Kamviri Kambojas...
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    spoken by 50%, Uzbek 10%, English 5%, Turkmen 2%, Urdu 2%, Pashayi 1%, Nuristani 1%, Arabic 1%, and Balochi 1% (2021 est). Data represent the most widely...
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  • Mohammed Issa Nuristani (or Issa Khan Nuristan) was an army general and a community leader among the Safed Posh tribe in Nuristan, Afghanistan, who led...
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  • Din Mohammad Nuristani (born 1928) is an Afghan former field hockey player who was a member of the national field hockey team. He competed at the 1948...
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    Pashtun, Tajik, Hazara, Uzbek, as well as smaller groups such as Baloch, Nuristani, Turkmen, Aimaq, Mongol and some others which are less known. Together...
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    several communities of Afghanistan such as Tajiks, Pashayi٫ Pashtuns & Nuristanis. It was adopted first among the Pashtuns of Pakistan as a replacement...
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    noted the following about the pre-Islamic Nuristani religion: "Before their conversion to Islâm the Nuristânis practised a form of ancient Hinduism, infused...
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    creoles Andaman Creole Hindi Bombay Hindi Haflong Hindi Nagamese Nefamese Vedda See also Indo-Iranian languages Nuristani languages Iranian languages...
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  • Mohammad Kadir Nuristani (born 1925) was an Afghan field hockey player who played for the national team. He represented Afghanistan at the 1948 Summer...
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    Kalash people Chitral Kalasha language Kho people Khowar language Nuristanis Nuristani languages Pashayi people Pashayi languages Shina people Shina language...
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    spoken by 50%, Uzbek 10%, English 5%, Turkmen 2%, Urdu 2%, Pashayi 1%, Nuristani 1%, Arabic 1%, and Balochi 1% (2021 est). Data represent the most widely...
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    Salafi version of Islam, and were hostile to any political rivals. The Nuristanis had resisted Islam as late as the year 1895 and before that had been considered...
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    Slavic Celtic Germanic Hellenic Greek Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Iranian Nuristani Italic Romance Extinct Anatolian Tocharian Paleo-Balkan Dacian Illyrian...
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    "Kamboǰas and Sakas in the Holly-Oak Mountains: On the Origins of the Nûristânîs" (PDF). Nuristan: Hidden Land of the Hindu Kush. Bailey 1971, p. 66. Boyce...
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    Slavic Celtic Germanic Hellenic Greek Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Iranian Nuristani Italic Romance Extinct Anatolian Tocharian Paleo-Balkan Dacian Illyrian...
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    universally worshipped by all Nuristani as the Creator, the Hindu god Yama Raja, called imr'o or imra by the Nuristani tribes. "The Kalasha Valleys"....
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    publications up to 1997 on this subject. Up to the late 19th century, the Nuristanis of Afghanistan observed a primitive form of Hinduism until they were forcibly...
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  • religion which some authors characterise as a form of ancient Hinduism. The Nuristanis of Afghanistan and Pakistan until the late 19th century had followed a...
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    Slavic Celtic Germanic Hellenic Greek Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Iranian Nuristani Italic Romance Extinct Anatolian Tocharian Paleo-Balkan Dacian Illyrian...
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