11-16-2003, 07:51 PM
A brief, non-historical aside on the topic of Kafiristan & Alexander the Macedonian which might interest people:
There is a short story by Rudyard Kipling, "The man who would be king", which is based on the premise of there being a lost kingdom in Kafiristan founded by Alexander. It is an excellent piece of fiction, apart from suffering somewhat mildly from the usual Kiplingesque weltanschauung of the East being the "white man's burden". An excellent movie, very true to the original work, starring Michael Caine, Sean Connery & Christopher Plummer, is also extant.
There is a short story by Rudyard Kipling, "The man who would be king", which is based on the premise of there being a lost kingdom in Kafiristan founded by Alexander. It is an excellent piece of fiction, apart from suffering somewhat mildly from the usual Kiplingesque weltanschauung of the East being the "white man's burden". An excellent movie, very true to the original work, starring Michael Caine, Sean Connery & Christopher Plummer, is also extant.
