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Kashmir

noun

An area in southwestern Asia whose sovereignty is disputed between Pakistan and India. Synonyms: Cashmere, Jammu and Kashmir.

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... was a grandson of the God Brahma. He is supposed to have given his name to Kashmir Kasyapa-mira, ...

— The Ramayana • VALMIKI

... respects the Persia of "Hajji Baba" differs notably from the Persia of to-day. The national, and still more the court dress, as depicted by him, have been considerably modified. The Kashmir shawls and turbans, and the red-cloth gaiters, which were de rigueur at the court of Fath Ali Shah, are now only seen at the salams or official levees of Nasr-ed-Din Shah. Nor does the young dandy of modern Tehran wear the lofty ...

— The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan • James Morier

... putting the match to a magazine. We all began to explain the Central Asian question off-hand, flinging army corps from the Helmund to Kashmir with more than Russian recklessness. Each of the boys made for himself a war to his own liking, and when we had settled all the details of Armageddon, killed all our senior officers, handled a division apiece, and nearly torn the atlas in ...

— This is "Part II" of Soldiers Three, we don't have "Part I" • Rudyard Kipling

... possible." Unfortunately, Sir Frederick Roberts afterwards forgot this, and suggested the possibility of advance upon Herat with the view to attack Russia at her Sarakhs base. The suggestions made in 1885 with regard to Kashmir and the Gromul Pass were acted upon in 1890. Sir Donald Stewart, however, went on to recommend a railway extension from Peshawur towards Kabul, and Sir Frederick Roberts, with greater judgment, on succeeding him, ...

— The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Vol. 2 • Stephen Gwynn

... read it," cried Alice. "You mean the book about Kashmir. But I thought the author was ...

— The Half-Hearted • John Buchan

Words linked to "Kashmir" : Karakoram Range, Harakat ul-Jihad-I-Islami, Harkat-ul-Jihad-e-Islami, Line of Control, Republic of India, Karakorum Range, Karakoram, Pakistan, Mustagh, Mustagh Range, geographic area, HUJI, cashmere, West Pakistan, geographical region, Bharat, geographical area, geographic region, India, Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Nanga Parbat