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The Medes were an ancient Iranian people who spoke the Median language and who inhabited an area known as Media between western and northern Iran. Around the 11th century BC, they occupied the mountainous region of northwestern Iran and the northeastern and eastern region of Mesopotamia in the vicinity of Ecbatana. Their consolidation in Iran is believed to have occurred during the 8th century BC. In the 7th century BC, all of western Iran and some other territories were under Median rule, but their precise geographic extent remains unknown.
Lorestan province is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. It is in the western part of the country in the Zagros Mountains and covers an area of 28,392 km2. Its capital is the city of Khorramabad. At the time of the National Census in 2006, the province had a population of 1,689,650 in 382,805 households. The following census in 2011 counted 1,754,243 in 462,260 households. In 2014 it was placed in Region 4. At the most recent census in 2016, the population of Lorestan province had risen to 1,760,649 inhabitants in 509,025 households.
Khorramabad, alternatively romanized as Khorramābād, Khoramabad, Khurramabad, Khorram Abad, Xurremabad, Xorramâbâd or Khur Ramābād, is a city in the Central District of Khorramabad County, Lorestan province, Iran, and serves as capital of the district, the county, and the province.
Borujerd is a city in the Central District of Borujerd County, Lorestan province in western Iran, and serves as both capital of the district and of the county.
Lak is a Kurdish tribe native to Western Iran. They speak Laki, which is considered a Kurdish dialect by most linguists.
The Lurs are an Iranian people living in western Iran. The four Luri branches are the Bakhtiari, Mamasani, Kohgiluyeh and Lur proper, who are principally linked by the Luri language.
Aligudarz County is in Lorestan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Aligudarz.
The Khorshidi dynasty, Abbasi dynasty or Shahs of Little Lorestan (1184–1597) was a Lur dynasty that ruled Little Lorestan in the later Middle Ages from their capital Khorramabad.
Zaz va Mahru District is in Aligudarz County, Lorestan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Shulabad.
Fereidon Hasanvand" فریدون حسنوند" is a former Iranian MP from Andimeshk, Khuzestan Province and the former governor of Bushehr Province. He had served three terms in the parliament and was expected to have the lead in the parliament election in early 2012. Hasanvand acknowledged to be a member of Ministry of Intelligence and National Security (Iran) during his first election campaign. Contrary to expectations, he lost the 2012 election to a military general and war veteran, Seid Eisa Daraei. In September 2012, Hasanvand was assigned as the governor of Bushehr, a province in south coast of the country. Iran Parliament's website, In Persian, Hasanvand's website, In Persian
Del Suran was a village in Zaz-e Sharqi Rural District of Zaz va Mahru District, Aligudarz County, Lorestan province, Iran.
Sarlak was a village in Zaz-e Sharqi Rural District of Zaz va Mahru District, Aligudarz County, Lorestan province, Iran. Sarlak is a 400-year old clan from the Haft lang branch of Bakhtiyari tribe, who originally have lived in eastern Khuzestan, Lorestan, and Isfahan provinces.
Shulabad, formerly Shulabad-e Sofla, also Romanized as Shulehabad-e Soflā and Shūlehābād-e Soflā, is a city in, and the capital of, Zaz va Mahru District of Aligudarz County, Lorestan province, Iran, and also serves as the administrative center for Zaz-e Sharqi Rural District. The village of Shulabad-e Sofla merged with the former villages of Asar, Del Suran, Derakht Chaman, Khodadadkosh-e Olya, Khodadadkosh-e Sofla, Sarlak, and Shulabad-e Olya, with its name changed to Shulabad upon its elevation to the status of a city.
Burbur-e Vosta is a village in Kakavand-e Gharbi Rural District, Kakavand District, Delfan County, Lorestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 38, in 9 families.
The Chegini tribe is a mostly sedentary Kurdish tribe which lives in Lorestan Province and scattered around Qazvin Province and Fars Province in Iran. The tribe also lives in Kurdistan Region and Kirkuk in Iraq. While the tribe migrated to Lorestan from Northwestern Iran, not much info exist on its origins.
Rumyan castle is a historical castle located in Borujerd County in Lorestan Province. The longevity of this fortress dates back to the Prehistoric times of ancient Iran.
Nakam castle is a historical castle located in Aligudarz County in Lorestan Province, The longevity of this fortress dates back to the Qajar dynasty.
Deh Kord castle is a historical castle located in Borujerd County in Lorestan Province, The longevity of this fortress dates back to the Qajar dynasty.
The province of Lorestan was a western province of Safavid Iran, corresponding to the present-day provinces of Ilam and Lorestan. It was one of the five velayats of the country, and was thus ruled by a vali.
Little Lorestan, also known as Lor-e Kuchek and Lor-e Feyli, was a region in Iran which roughly corresponded to the present-day Ilam and Lorestan provinces. From the 16th-century and onwards, it was also referred to as Lorestan. In the 19th-century, the area was split into Ilam and Lorestan.
