, an Iranian pastoral tribe of the eastern central Zagros, from which sprang a dynasty that ruled western Persia 1164-1209/1751-94. The Zand belonged to the Lakk group of Lurs [see īlāt ], centred on the villages of Parī and Kamāzān near Malāyir. In 1144/1732 Nādir S̲h̲āh [ q.v.] launched punitive raids on several Zagros tribes and deported thousands of Bak̲h̲tiyārī and a number of Zand families to northern K̲h̲urāsān. After Nādir’s assassination in 1160/1747, they made their way home, the Bak̲h̲tiyārī under ʿAlī Mardān K̲h̲ān and the Zand u…