Lurs

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Lurs are an Iranian ethnic group primarily inhabiting western and southwestern Iran, known for their distinct Luri language and rich tribal and pastoral traditions.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Lurs canonical 21
Lur 2
Lur people 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Iranian people
ethnic group
continent Asia
country Iran
culture Luri dance
Luri music
Luri oral literature
demographicStatusInIran one of the major ethnic minorities of Iran
ethnographicRegion southwestern Iran
western Iran
geographicFeature Zagros Mountains
government citizens of Iran
historicalRole tribal confederations in Zagros Mountains
language Luri language
languageFamily Indo-European languages
Indo-Iranian languages
Iranian languages
Western Iranian languages
notableProvinceNamedAfter Lorestan
linked to: Lorestan Province
region Bushehr Province
Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province
Fars Province
Ilam Province
Isfahan Province
linked to: Isfahan region

Khuzestan Province
linked to: Khuzestan

Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province
Lorestan Province
relatedEthnicGroup Bakhtiaris
linked to: Bakhtiari tribe

Kurds
Persians
religion Islam
Shia Islam
Sunni Islam
Yarsanism
selfDesignation Lur
Luri
subgroup Bakhtiari Lurs
linked to: Bakhtiari tribe

Kuhgiluyeh Lurs
Northern Lurs
linked to: Lurs

Southern Lurs
traditionalClothing distinctive regional dress
traditionalEconomy agriculture
animal husbandry
traditionalHousing black tents
traditionalLifestyle pastoralism
transhumance
tribal organization

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (26)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Persians relatedGroup Lurs
Western Iran ethnicGroup Lurs
subject linked to: western Iran
Iranian peoples hasPart Lurs
Luri language spokenBy Lur people
linked to: Lurs
Lurs subgroup Northern Lurs
linked to: Lurs
Khuzestan ethnicGroup Lurs
Luri spokenBy Lur people
linked to: Lurs
Ahl-e Haqq ethnicBase Lurs
Ahvaz hasEthnicGroup Lurs
Zand dynasty ethnicOrigin Lur
linked to: Lurs
Zand Iran ethnicBase Lur
linked to: Lurs
Southwestern Iran ethnicGroup Lurs
subject linked to: southwestern Iran