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  1. Nuristanis

    The Nuristanis, formerly known as Kafiristanis, 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. The Nuristanis reside mainly in the northeast of Afghanistan and northwest of Pakistan; between the Pashtun tribes of Kunar, Kalash in Pakistan's Chitral, and Tajiks of Badakhshan in the north.In the mid-1890s, after the establishment of the Durand Line when Afghanistan reached an agreement on various frontier areas to the British Empire for period of time, Emir Abdur Rahman Khan conducted a military campaign in Kafiristan and followed up his conquest with forced conversion of the Kafirs to Islam; the region thenceforth being known as Nuristan, the "Land of Light". Before their conversion, the Nuristanis practiced a form of ancient Hinduism. Non-Muslim religious practices endure in Nuristan today to some degree as folk customs. In their native rural areas, they are often farmers, herders, and dairymen. The Nuristan region has been a prominent location for war scenes that have led to the death of many indigenous Nuristanis. Nuristan has also received abundance of settlers from the surrounding Afghan regions due to the borderline vacant location.

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  1. Nuristanis

    The Nuristanis are an Indo-Iranian-speaking ethnic group native to the Nuristan region of eastern Afghanistan and Pakistan mainly in the Chitral area. The Nuristanis are a people whose ancestors practised an Indo-Iranian polytheistic Vedic religion until they were converted to Islam in the late 19th century by the efforts of Emir Abdur Rahman Khan. In the mid-1890s, he conducted a campaign in Kafiristan and followed up his conquest with religious proselytization, the region thenceforth being known as Nuristan, the "Land of Light". Non-Muslim religious practices endure today to some degree as folk customs. In their native rural areas, which was referred to by the local Muslims as Kafiristan before the 19th century, they are often farmers, herders, and dairymen. The Nuristanis are distinguished from the Kalash of Chitrali by their adoption of Islam, territory within Afghanistan, and consolidation with other Afghans. The Nuristan region has been a prominent location for war scenes that have led to the death of many indigenous Nuristanis.Nuristan has also received abundance of settlers from the surrounding Afghanistan regions due to the borderline vacant location.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of nuristanis in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of nuristanis in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9


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