Luristan, a mountainous province in the west of Persia. Area, 15,060 sq. m.; pop. about 300,000.
It corresponds roughly to the ancient Susiana, was the seat of the ancient Elamite empire, and is now occupied by numerous minor tribes.
Luristan
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 6: Humber to Malta, p. 744–745
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