Lak (tribe)

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Not to be confused with the Caucasus Laks of Dagestan, Russia.
Lak
لەک / Lek
Total population
c. 2.5 million (est. 2000)[
Shi'a Islam, a Yarsanism
minority

Lak (

Kurdish dialect[2][7][8][9][10][11] by most linguists.[12]

Laks inhabit a large part of Lorestan Province where they constitute over 65% of the population

Mount Kabir
is known as Pishe-Kuh, and west of the mountain is known as Poshte-Kuh.

Origins

Lorestān Province live among Lur tribes, and have assimilated over time toward a Lur identity. Although, Minorsky quotes some evidence indicating that they were brought there from further north. He mentions that they are often confused with the Lurs, whom they resemble from an ethnic and somatic point of view, but are different.[6]

History

The

Encyclopedia of Islam, the Zands "were a branch of the Laks, a subgroup of the northern Lurs, who spoke Luri, a Western Iranian language".[14] Similarly, according to the second edition of the Encyclopaedia of Islam, the Zands "belonged to the Lakk group of Lurs".[15] According to The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World, likewise, the Zand tribe "spoke the Lakk dialect of the Lur language".[16]

Self-identification

The Laks firmly identify with the Lurs, "which appears to have been strengthening in recent times".

Ilam, as well as due to the main corpus of the Laks in Lorestan Province having minority status.[17]

Sub-tribes

List of Lak sub-tribes:[18]

  • Adinevand
  • Ahmedvand
  • Amraei
  • Azadbakht
  • Baharvand
  • Balvand
  • Beiranvand
  • Bijanvand
  • Chahardoli
  • Dalvand
  • Dinarvand
  • Geravand
  • Ghiasvand
  • Hassanvand
  • Itivand
  • Jalalvand
  • Jalilvand
  • Kakavand
  • Kamalvand
  • Khalvand
  • Kolivand
  • Koushki
  • Kushvand
  • Mafivand
  • Mirvand
  • Mumiavand
  • Musavand
  • Nurali
  • Osmanvand
  • Padarvand
  • Payeravand
  • Rizavand
  • Romanvand
  • Sagvand
  • Shahivand
  • Şêxbizin
  • Tarkhan
  • Torkashvand
  • Yousefvand
  • Zand
  • Zola

Notable Lak people

References

  1. ^ "Laki".
  2. ^
    Iranica Online
    . Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  3. ^ ""بێڕێزیكردن بە كوردانی لەك" كاردانەوەی تووندی لێكەوتەوە". Rûdaw (in Kurdish). 30 July 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  4. ^ "Radyoya Lekî li Kirmaşanê; Îran li çi digere?". Rûdaw (in Kurdish). 9 August 2018. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  5. ISBN 9783922968832
    .
  6. ^
    ISBN 9789004161214
    .
  7. ^ "Laki". Ethnologue.
  8. S2CID 162293895. Archived from the original
    (PDF) on 1 May 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  9. ISBN 978-0-7007-1 131-4
    .
  10. ISBN 9783110198966
    .
  11. ISBN 3895001503.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link) CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link
    )
  12. ^ "Atlas of the Languages of Iran A working classification". Languages of Iran. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  13. ^ Zand dynasty
  14. ISSN 1873-9830
    .
  15. ISBN 978-90-04-12756-2
    .
  16. ISBN 978-0-19-530513-5
    .
  17. ^
    S2CID 162337795
    .
  18. ^ "تغییرات زیستی و اسمی قوم لک". Shahokhabar (in Persian). Archived from the original on 4 November 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2020.

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