Bagalgrom (also known as Mumar) is a village in the
Bashgal Valley The Landai Sin Valley, or the Bashgal Valley, is a geographical feature of Nuristan Province, eastern Afghanistan, formed by the Landai Sin River which empties into the Kunar River (also called the Chitral River) at Barikot, Kamdesh District in Nuri ...
of
Nuristan
Nuristan, also spelled as Nurestan or Nooristan (Dari: ; Kamkata-vari language, Kamkata-vari: ), is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the eastern part of the country. It is divided into seven Districts of Afghanistan, districts ...
,
Afghanistan
Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordere ...
.
Bagalgrom is the primary village of the
Mumo
The Mumo (also known as Muman, previously also called Madugal kaffirs) are a Nuristani tribe in Afghanistan living primarily in the Bashgal Valley, centered in the village of Bagalgrom.''My heartrendingly tragic story''. By Muhammad Abdullah Kh ...
tribe.
[''My heartrendingly tragic story''. By Muhammad Abdullah Khan Azar, Muhammad Abdullah Khan, Alberto M. Cacopardo, Ruth Laila Schmidt, Georg Morgenstierne, Knut Kristiansen
Translated by Georg Morgenstierne, Knut Kristiansen. Novus, 2006. , . Pg 3]
/ref> Their language is Mumviri
Mumviri is a dialect of the Nuristani Kamkata-vari language, spoken by perhaps 1,500 of the Mumo people of Afghanistan. There are only slight differences to the Kata-vari, Mumviri has Kamviri phonetic features. The most used alternative name is ...
, a dialect of the Kamkata-viri language. The 1911 ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' referred to Bagalgrom as "chief village of the Madugal kaffirs"
References
Populated places in Nuristan Province
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