Garavand, QodratAllah

[ 1 ] - Conceptual evolution of the two terms "Lur" and "Luristan" in the sources of Iranian Islamic history

The term Lur was used for the first time in the sources of the thirth and fourth centuries AH and pointed to a village in Khuzistan. Later, by development of meaning, it denoted people of the southern strip of Zagros, from Khuzistan to Fars and from Fars to where is now known as KhorramAbad. The term "Luristan" was first mentioned in the sources of the sixth century and linked to Lur. It seems ...