![]() Dasmâl-bâzi dance, Mamasani, Iran | |
Total population | |
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5,000,000 | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Iran | |
Languages | |
Luri and Persian | |
Religion | |
Mainly Shia Islam; minority Sunni Islam and Yarsanism[3] | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Other Iranian peoples |
The Lurs (Persian: لر) are an Iranian people living in western Iran. The four Luri branches are the Bakhtiari, Mamasani, Kohgiluyeh and Lur proper, who are principally linked by the Luri language.[4]
Lorestan province is named after the Lurs, but some Lurs live in other provinces including Fars, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, Khuzestan,[4] Hamadan,[5] Isfahan,[6] Tehran[7] and southern Ilam Province.[8]
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