Sir George Scott Robertson was the first
Victorian to travel into
Kafiristan and recounted the experience of his adventures in his book
The Kafirs of the Hindu Kush published in 1896. The book dispelled many popular fictions about the
Kafirs, their
customs and their
lineage.
The Kafirs of the Hindu Kush was the first book which brought the inhabitants of Kafiristan and their
animism to the attention of the
West. The book still provides a classical description of the way of life of the Kafirs before their mass conversion by
Amir Abdur Rahman Khan of
Afghanistan. The book sheds light upon the Kafirs extensive use of timber, elaborate carvings and spectacular sites literally clinging to the sides of steep mountains. ==References==