...c Prophet an imposter. This mutual acrimony has disastrous consequences for the human destiny, as the hostility that the Quran exhibits towards the kafirs, besides infusing a sense of separateness in its believers, inculcates a streak of aggression as well in them. Nevertheless, in the face of the Jewish onslaught, ‘the God’ tried to defend Muhammad thus: “Or they say: ...

...e place now in the world that two strong men can Sar-a-whack. They call it Kafiristan. By my reckoning it’s the top right-hand corner of Afghanistan, ... ...avot, sweetly. “As big a map as you have got, even if it’s all blank where Kafiristan is, and any books you’ve got. We can read, though we aren’t very... ...d you will settle this matter together; i.e., to be Kings of Kafiristan. 13 Rudyard Kipling (T wo) That you and me will not, wh... ... road, and I will sell thee a charm—an amulet that shall make thee King of Kafiristan.” Then the light broke upon me, and I followed the two camels ou... ..., and then we’ll see if we can get donkeys for our camels, and strike into Kafiristan. Whirligigs for the Amir, O Lor’! Put your hand under the camelb... ... “I’ve come back,” he repeated; “and I was the King of 17 Rudyard Kipling Kafiristan—me and Dravot—crowned Kings we was! In this office we settled it... ...ad lit those fires. T o Jagdallak, where you turned off to try to get into Kafiristan.” “No, we didn’t, neither. What are you talking about? We turned... ... all his clothes and mine too, and said we would be hea- then, because the Kafirs didn’t allow Mohammedans to talk 18 The Man Who W ould Be King to t... ...d coming home I saw them fight like wild goats —there are lots of goats in Kafiristan. And these mountains, they never keep still, no more than the go...

...le of heads be laid— Thirty thousand heaped on high— All to please the Kafir maid, Where the Oxus ripples by. Grimly spake Atulla Khan:— “Lo... ...hat it was made at the Devil-Shrine of Ao-Chung in Thibet, was stolen by a Kafir, from him by a Gurkha, from him again by a Lahouli, from him by a khi...

...Sar-a-whack. They 62 The Phantom Rickshaw and Other Ghost Stories call it Kafiristan. By my reckoning it’s the top right-hand corner of Afghanistan, ... ...avot, sweetly. “As big a map as you have got, even if it’s all blank where Kafiristan is, and any books you’ve got. We can read, though we aren’t very... ...t me and you will settle this matter together; i.e., to be Kings of Kafiristan. (T wo) That you and me will not, while this matter i... ... road, and I will sell thee a charm—an amulet that shall make thee King of Kafiristan.” Then the light broke upon me, and I followed the two camels ou... ..., and then we’ll see if we can get donkeys for our camels, and strike into Kafiristan. Whirligigs for the Amir, O Lor’! Put your hand under the camelb... ...he suffocating heat. “I’ve come back,” he repeated; “and I was the King of Kafiristan—me and Dravot—crowned Kings we was! In this office we settled it... ...had lit those fires. To Jagdallak, where you turned off to try to get into Kafiristan.” “No, we didn’t, neither. What are you talking about? We turned... ... all his clothes and mine too, and said we would be heathen, be- cause the Kafirs didn’t allow Mohammedans to talk to them. So we dressed betwixt and ... ...nd coming home I saw them fight like wild goats—there are lots of goats in Kafiristan. And these mountains, they never keep still, no more than the go...

...ffes, cabinet ministers, Fabians, bricklayers, apostles, ants, scientists, Kafirs, soldiers, sailors, elephants, lawyers, dandies, microbes, and const...

...d him, He of the Faith spoke as master to slave; Yet at the last, tho’ the Kafirs had maimed him, Broken by bondage and wrecked by the reiver,— Yet at...

...ether they be jumalee [well affected] or jullalee [terrible) they love not Kafirs.’ ‘Then you think I had better go?’ said Hurree Babu, half rising. ‘...