Laks (Iran)


Laks are a Kurdish tribe in southwestern Iran. They speak Laki, which is considered a Kurdish dialect by most linguists.
Laks inhabit a huge part of northern Loristan province, and most of south eastern regions of neighboring province of Kermanshah, and some parts of western Ilam province. The area to the east of Mount Kabir is known as Pishe-Kuh and west of the mountain is Poshte-Kuh.

Origins

There has been much debate over the ethnic identity of the Laks throughout the twentieth century.
Vladimir Minorsky, who wrote the entry "Lak" in the first edition of the Encyclopaedia of Islam, referred to the Lak as "the most southern group of Kurd tribes in Persia" and stated that their language has the characteristics of Kurdish. Some of the Lak tribes live in Lorestān Province, among Lur tribes, although Minorsky quotes some evidence that they were brought there from further north. He mentions that they are often confused with the Lur, but are different.

History

The Zand dynasty who ruled parts of southwestern Iran was of Laki origin.

Laki Tribes