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Kom people (Afghanistan)

nuristani tribe found in Afghanistan

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 19, 2026
Entity authorityQ6428018 ↗
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The Kom or Kam are a Nuristani tribe in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Most used alternative names are Kamozi, Kamoz/Camoze, Caumojee/Kaumoji, and Camoje.

History

Until the late 19th century, the Kom were a sub-group of the Siah-Posh Kafirs ("black-robed unbelievers") and their political (factional) headquarters was at Kombrom. They gave allegiance to the Mehtar (crown prince) of Chitral. At that time, following their conquest by Emir Abdur Rahman Khan, the Kom converted to Islam. Kafiristan ("Land of Unbelievers") was renamed Nuristan ("Land of Light") and its inhabitants became collectively known as Nuristanis (sometimes loosely translated as "enlightened ones").

See also

Nurestan

Kamviri

Kambojas

Khmer people

References

George Scott Robertson (1896), The Kafirs of Hindukush

Mountstuart Elphinstone (1815), An Account of the Kingdom of Caubol, London

J. Biddulph (1971), Tribes of Hindukush, Craz (Austria)

The Kom. Retrieved 4 July 2006, from Richard F. Strand: Nuristan, Hidden Land of the Hindu-Kush [1].

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