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