Kurdish-Luri identity dispute

The Kurdish-Luri identity dispute refers to disputes regarding the relationship of the Luri people to the Kurdish people. The Lurs and Kurds, and especially the Lurs and Kurds in bordering regions, were affected by the dispute and divided among the Luri, Luri-Kurdish, and Kurdish identities. Although sharing common origins with Kurds, and historically being classified as Kurds, the Lurs were later classified as a distinct nation. Among the Lurs, most identified as a distinct ethnic group, although many identified as a subgroup of Kurds, and others identified solely as Kurds, rejecting the Luri designation. Among Kurds and Lurs, many also advocated for a Zagrosian pan-ethnicity which transcended the Kurdish and Luri identities, aimed at reviving the tribal unity of the Zagros before the creation of the Luri and Kurdish designations.