People / group
Lak
The Lak are an Iranian tribal people of the Zagros Mountains of western Iran. Karim Khan Zand, founder of the Zand Empire, came from a Lak branch of the Zand tribe. Lak tribesmen formed part of the Zand military alongside Bakhtiari and other allied tribes.
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Lak. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/lak
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- “Lak.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/lak. Accessed .
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- The Epoch Institute. “Lak.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/lak.
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- The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Lak’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/lak (Accessed: ).
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