Safed-Posh Kaffirs
Safed-Posh Kafirs or Sped-Posh Kafirs ("White-Robed Kaffirs") , also known as the Lal-Posh Kafirs("Red-Robed Kaffirs") were designations for three Nuristani clans:
- the Wais or Waigulis;
- the Askunus or Ashkuns and/or
- the Presungulis, Prasunguli, Vasi or Viron people.
These names were based on the traditional colors of their clothes and the Islamic term kafir, meaning "unbeliever," "disbeliever," or "infidel" – reflecting their status as a religious and ethnic minority, the members of which long rejected – or continues to reject – conversion to Islam
Some authors, such as George Scott Robertson, have considered this classification unsatisfactory, and regard the three groups as separate, on the same level as the Siah-Posh Kafirs.
Robertson claimed that the Presunguli were the original inhabitants of Nuristan (also known as Kafiristan) and that the Ashukuns were allied to the Waigulis.[1]
Footnotes
- ↑ George Scott Robertson, The Káfirs of the Hindu-Kush, 1896, p. 74 sqq., Arthur David McCormick.
Sources
- Sped-Posh: George S. Robertson, Dr Holdich, H. A. Rose etc.
- Lal_Posh: The Gates of India, p 270, Dr Holdich.