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The Selseleh (Persian: سلسله) are a collection of tribes living mainly in western Iran, specifically around the Selseleh region in northern Luristan. The tribes speak Luri or Laki, and mostly follow Shia Islam.
History
[edit]The area in Lorestan roughly between Kuh-e Safid in the south and the summits of the Kuh-e Gari in the north, including around Aleshtar, was called the Selseleh region. It included the main tribes of Hasanvand, Yusufvand, Kowlivand, and several more smaller tribes. They were said to speak Luri and were almost entirely sedentary.[1][2] Others reported that the Selseleh spoke Laki.[3] Minorsky wrote that the tribes of Selseleh formerly lived around Mahidasht before being settled around the plains of Aleshtar in northern Lorestan to support the newly installed Vali dynasty. Oskar Mann and Rabino estimated the Selseleh population at 9,000 families.[4] Minorsky listed the main groups of Lur as the Tarhan, Delfan, Selseleh, and Bala Gariva, and labelled the first three as Lak with the last being truly Lur.[5]
References
[edit]- ↑ "ʿAŠĀYER". Encyclopaedia Iranica. Retrieved 2026-06-01.
- ↑ The Laki Variety of Harsin: Grammar, Texts, Lexicon, Sara Belelli, 2021, pp. 6-7, ISBN 9783863098254.
- ↑ "KURDISH TRIBES". Encyclopaedia Iranica. Retrieved 2026-06-01.
- ↑ Minorsky, Vladimir (2012). "Lak". Encyclopaedia of Islam (Second ed.). Brill Publishers. doi:10.1163/1573-3912_islam_COM_0562. ISBN 9789004161214.
- ↑ Minorsky, V. (1986). "Lur". In Bosworth, C. E.; van Donzel, E.; Lewis, B. & Pellat, Ch. (eds.). The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition. Volume V: Khe–Mahi. Leiden: E. J. Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-07819-2.