Sfed-Posh or Lal-Posh (Red-Robed) Kafirs were designations for usually three clans, namely:

1. Wais or Waigulis
2. Askunus or Ashkuns
3. Presungulis, Vasi or Viron people

It is assumed that the Vasi (Prasunguli) Kafirs were the originally inhabitants of Kafiristan

Kafiristan

Kāfiristān or Kāfirstān was a historic name of Nurestan , a province in the Hindu Kush region of Afghanistan and Pakistan, prior to 1896. This historic region lies on, and mainly comprises, basins of the rivers Alingar, Pech , Landai Sin, and Kunar, and the intervening mountain ranges...

 (present Nuristan). The Ashukuns are probably allied to the Waigulis.

These appellation

Appellation

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s were based on the traditional colors of their raiments. Some authors, such as George Scott Robertson

George Scott Robertson

Sir George Scott Robertson KCSI was a British soldier, author, and administrator who was best known for his arduous journey to the remote and rugged region of Kafiristan in what is now northeastern Afghanistan. He chronicled his Kafiristan experience in the book The Kafirs of the Hindu-Kush...

, consider this classification inconvenient and unscientific, and keep these three groups separate on the same level as the Siah-Posh Kafirs

Siah-Posh Kafirs

Siah-Posh Kafirs was the former designation of the major and dominant group of the Hindukush Kafirs inhabiting the Bashgul valley of the Kafiristan, now called Nuristan. They were so-called because of the color of the robes they wore...

.

Sources

• Sped-Posh: George S. Robertson, Dr Holdich, H. A. Rose etc.
• Lal_Posh: The Gates of India, p 270, Dr Holdich.

See also

• Hindukush Kafir people
• Siah-Posh Kafirs
  Siah-Posh Kafirs
  Siah-Posh Kafirs was the former designation of the major and dominant group of the Hindukush Kafirs inhabiting the Bashgul valley of the Kafiristan, now called Nuristan. They were so-called because of the color of the robes they wore...
  
  
• Kata
  Kata (people)
  The Katir or Kator/Kata are a Nuristani tribe in Afghanistan and Pakistan.-History:In 1895, following conquest by Emir Abdur Rahman Khan, the Katir Kafir people in Afghanistan were forcibly converted to Islam. The former Kafiristan Kafiri were renamed Nuristani from the proper noun Nuristan...
  
  
• Kom
  Kom (people)
  The Kom or Kam or kamboj are a Nuristani tribe in Afghanistan and Pakistan.Most used alternative names are Kamozi, Kamoz/Camoze, Caumojee/Kaumoji, and Camoje The Kom or Kam or kamboj are a Nuristani tribe in Afghanistan and Pakistan.Most used alternative names are Kamozi, Kamoz/Camoze,...
  
  
• Kambojas
  Kambojas
  The Kambojas were a kshatriya tribe of Iron Age India, frequently mentioned in Sanskrit and Pali literature.They were an Indo-Iranian tribe situated at the boundary of the Indo-Aryans and the Iranians, and appear to have moved from the Iranian into the Indo-Aryan sphere over time.The Kambojas...