- In
Persian cosmology, Paristan,
Peristan or
Pariestan (Persian: پریستان Pariyestân,
Peristân, "Land of the Peris"; also Koh-i-Qaf or Qafkuh) is the home...
- religion. The area
extending from
modern Nooristan to
Kashmir was
known as "
Peristan", a vast area
containing a host of "Kafir"
cultures and Indo-European languages...
-
Richard F. (2001). "The
Tongues of
Peristân". In
Alberto M. Cacopardo;
Augusto S.
Cacopardo (eds.).
Gates of
Peristan: History,
Religion and
Society in...
-
unite upstream of the
Paristan (
Peristan) Stream's
junction with the
Madhumati River. The
banks of the
Paristan (
Peristan)
Stream are
mostly high and steep...
- goats. The area
extending from
modern Nuristan to
Kashmir was
known as "
Peristan", a vast area
containing a host of
Nuristani cultures and Indo-European...
- University: 153. Cacopardo,
Alberto M.; Cacopardo,
Augusto S.
Gates of
Peristan: history,
religion and
society in the
Hindu Kush.
Istituto Italiano per...
-
great emphasis upon
supernatural beings, and the area is
sometimes called "
Peristan"
because of the
common belief in
fairies (peri)
inhabiting the high mountains...
- Jakob. "Nuristani
Theonyms in
Light of
Historical Phonology". In:
Roots of
Peristan: The Pre-Islamic
Cultures of the Hindukush/Karakorum.
Proceedings of the...
- The
Islamization of the
nearby Badakhshan began in the 8th
century and
Peristan was
surrounded by
Muslim states in the 16th
century with the Islamization...
- p. 68. Cacopardo,
Alberto M.; Cacopardo,
Augusto S. (2001).
Gates of
Peristan: History,
Religion and
Society in the
Hindu Kush. IsIAO. pp. 45 and 124...
