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Luristan

American  
[loor-uh-stahn, -stan] / ˌlʊər əˈstɑn, -ˈstæn /

noun

  1. a mountainous region in W Iran.


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Ripping out a brace of terse orders, the King of Kings dynamically prepared to lead an army into Luristan.

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Notable will be a group of remarkably preserved bronze Achaemenian objects of great sculptural beauty and vigor recently unearthed in Luristan Province by Dr. Friedrich Sarre, famed Berlin archeologist.

From Time Magazine Archive

He complained bitterly of the exactions of Persia, and added 79 the conjecture, expressed by many others, that England would shortly occupy Luristan, and give them equity and security.

From Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs by Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy) Bird

The Hākim has telegraphed for troops, and the governor of Luristan is said to be coming with 500 men.

From Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs by Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy) Bird

The province is sometimes joined with that of Luristan.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" by Various

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