Kabulistan
Under Kabulistan ( Persian کابلستان) one understands historically the area of the province of Kabul , which was ruled by different dynasties in the course of history. The history of this region is closely intertwined with that of the neighboring region of Zabulistan .
From the time of the Achaemenid Empire to the fall of the Sassanid Empire in late antiquity , the region lay at the intersection of the settled Iranian imperial world and the various groups of (semi) nomadic equestrian peoples from the steppe region of Central Asia . Iranian Huns, and subsequently the Turk Shahi and Hindu Shahi, controlled the Kabulistan area from around 350 to the early 11th century, before it was conquered by the Arabs and then Islamized. In the period that followed, the various Persian and Afghan (regional) dynasties ruled.
The near Mashhad born and the court of Ghazni Mahmud acting Abu l-Qasem-e Ferdowsi used very frequently the above terms in his Persian Shahnameh (Book of Kings). Rodaba or Rudabeh Kabuli from Kabul is, according to Iranian mythology, the princess of Kabul and the mother of Rostam , prince of Zabulistan. She went down in history as "Rostamina" (the woman who gave birth to Rostam ).
From 1858 to around 1911 there was actually a state called “Kabulistan”. Its flag was similar to the current French flag. Today the term “Kabulistan” is used ironically from time to time to characterize the central government's authority, which is more or less limited to the capital (if at all).
Individual evidence
- ↑ See for example: Resistance in Afghanistan - Warning of "Kabulistan" , Süddeutsche Zeitung, August 26, 2003. Accessed June 1, 2015.