Gates of Peristan: History, Religion and Society in the Hindu Kush

Abdul Abdur According Afghan ancestors apical ancestor apparently Arandu Ashret Badrugal Bashgal Biddulph Birir Birkot Biyori British brothers Buddruss Cacopardo called century Chilas Choke conversion culture Damel Dameli Decker descendants Drosh Eggert forest Fussman Gawar Gawarbati Gawardesh genealogies Ghulam Gilgit groups Guldali Haidar Hindu Hindu Kush Holzwarth ibid indicated Indus informants Islam Jashi Jettmar Kafiristan Kafirs Kalasha Kamdesh Kamviri Karim Baig Kator Khan Khel Khowar Klimburg Kohistan Kunar Kunar Valley language lineage linguistic Machoke Malik Mehtar mentioned migration Mingal Mirza Moghul Beg Mohammad Morgenstierne Mullah Murtaza Muslim Nagar Shah NTCh Nuristan oral traditions Palula Pashai Pashto pastures Pathan Peristan political population pre-Islamic probably Qazi Rahman Ramram Raverty recent recorded Robertson 1896 ruler Rumbur Schomberg 1938 seems seen Shina Shina-speakers Snoy sources Southern Chitral Stein story Strand Swat tribe Umra Khan Urtsun valley village Waigal Wakil Wazir Ali Shah Zarin