Zand tribe

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The Zand tribe are a tribe of Fayli[1] Lurs[2] of Lorestan, most known for their member, Karim Khan, who become the Regent of Southern Persia for Ismail III in 1750.[3] After Zand's death in 1779, internal conflicts for his succession resulted in a weakening of the dynasty, ending with the defeat of Karim Khan's nephew over regional rulers.

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  1. ↑ A fourth pretender was Karim Khan, son of Aymak of the Zand, a section of Lak tribe, Sir Percy Molesworth Sykes, A History of Persia, Macmillan and co., limited, 1930, p. 277.
  2. ↑ Muhammad Karim Khan, of the Zand clan of the Lur tribe, suc- ceeded in imposing his authority on parts of the defunct Safavid empire, David Yeroushalmi, The Jews of Iran in The Nineteenth Century: Aspects of History, Community, and Culture, BRILL, 2009, ISBN 978-90-04-15288-5, p. xxxix.
  3. ↑ Perry, J. R. (January 2004). "Lokman I. Meho and Kelly L. Maglaughlin, Kurdish Culture and Society: An Annotated Bibliography" (). Journal of Near Eastern Studies 63 (1): 72. doi:10.1086/382580. "…the Zand tribe is generally considered (and considered themselves) to be Lurs rather than Kurds." 

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