Talk:Zand tribe

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[edit] Laki Kurds

The Zand tribe is not a Luri tribe but a Laki Kurd tribe.

source:M.R. Izady, The Kurds A Consice Handbook

Yeah, an how reliable is Mr. Izady? He also claims the Bakhtiaris are descendants of Persian tribes from Tajikistan who migrated from the area in the 10th century and mixed with Kurds. The main probelm with his argument is that Persians are a sedentary and urbanized people; they do not group themselves in tribes and they most certaintly are not nomadic.

He neve said any such thing. You are just making it up. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.88.186.1 (talk) 02:48, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

Hi. Let's not ignore the mainstream view on Zands which relates them to other Kurds. See google books for example; the clear majority of sources there classify Zands as Kurds. Sharishirin (talk) 22:21, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

The problem is that the Lurs and Kurds are not exactly different ! Both group are of Iranian people and they can understand other one's language without interpretation .About some groups like Laks are there is still unknown to count them as Lur or Kurd . The Lurs history is connected with the Kurds (and other west Iranian peoples).--Alborz Fallah (talk) 13:55, 31 May 2008 (UTC)