At the time

At the time (Persan: لور, also transcribed Lur ) is Iranian people indigenous, narrowly related with the Kurdish . They speak an own language, the Lori, which has two distinct dialects: the Lur-e-Bozourg (Large Lor), which is spoken by the Bakhtiari S, and the Lur-e-Kuchik (Small Lor), spoken by At the time themselves. With the Khuzestan, the Lor tribes are especially concentrated in the northern part of the province, whereas in the province of Ilam, they are rather in the southern area.

Before the 20th century, the majority consequently were wandering stockbreeders, with an urban minority lying in the town of Khorramabad. There were several attempts of the Pahlavi S to force with sédentariser the wandering populations Lor. Under Reza Shah, these campaigns were not success. The last Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza, used softer methods and economic incentives which met a larger success, although noncomplete. In the middle of the years 1980, the vast majority consequently had been established in cities and villages of the province, where had emigrated in major urban centres.

A certain number of tribes At the time nomads always exist in the province. Among the sedentarized urban population, the authority of the usual chiefs always has a very strong influence, although it is not so strong on the nomads.

The civilization of the Lorestan is mainly famous for its objects in Bronze, manufactured according to the technique of the lost Cire, and more particularly for its bit of horses worked and decorated with horses or fabulous animals. Those were found in megalithic tombs and seem to have been only manufactured to be useful during the burials and not for a real use.

Small Lorestan

In the northern part of Lorestan, before known under the name of Lur-e-Kuchik (Small Lor), they At the time Feili live, divided between the Pishkuh with the east and the Pushkuh in the territory bordering the Iraq in the west.

Small Lorestan maintained its independence under a succession of princes of the Dynastie Khorshidi, known like Atabegs since 55 ap JC until the 17th century. Shah Abbas withdrew then her capacity with the Atabeg last, Shah Made green Khan and gave the reins of the province to Hossein Khan Shamlu, the chief of rival tribe of the Shamlu, with the title of Vali in exchange of that of Atabeg. Descendants of Hossein Khan as governors of At the time Pushtkuh, to which applies now the denomination of Feili .

Large Lorestan

The southern part of the province, known in the past under the name of Lor-e-Bozourg (Large Lorestan), includes/understands the area Bakhtiari E of the province of the Khuzestan and the districts consequently Mamasenni and Kuhgilu which is located in the Fars. At one time, Large Lorestan formed an independent state under Atabegs Fazlevieh since 1160 until 1424. Its capital, Idaj, survive the state of ruins to Malamir, 90 km in the south-east of the town of Shushtar to the Khuzestan.

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