Mamasani ( fa, ممسنی), short for Mohammad-Hassani ( fa, محمدحسنی), is one of the Lur tribes. The Mamasani tribe consists of four sub-tribes: Rostam, Baksh, Javid, and Doshmanziari. They have their own dialect of Southern Luri.

History

The founder of the tribe was Mohammad Hassani, which the name Mamasani comes from. Mamasanis claim descent from

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, and consider them both as the tribe's heroes.

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and they helped fight

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's army. They migrated to Fars province and Sistan and Baluchestan province when the Parthians took control of those lands. The tribe lives in Mamasani,

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counties in Fars province, as well as in parts of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province. The Mamasani tribe consists of four tribes: Rostam, Beksh, Javid and Deshman Ziari. According to the 2008 census of nomadic tribes, only 15,377 Mamasanis still live nomadic lives, and the rest are urban dwellers.

Sub-tribes

The four main sub-tribes are Javid, Baksh, Rostam, and Doshmanziari, and many clans within those sub-tribes.

Language

The Mamasani Lurs speak their own dialect of southern Luri, as well as

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References

{{reflist Indigenous peoples of Western Asia Iranian peoples Luri tribes Shia communities