The Selseleh (Persian: سلسله) are a collection of tribes living mainly in western Iran, specifically around the Selseleh region in northern Luristan. The tribes speak Luri or Laki, and mostly follow Shia Islam.
History The tribes of Selseleh were one of the main Lak subdivisions, and lived in the Selseleh region, located north Khorramabad, in the plain of Aleshtar until Nahavand. It included the main tribes of Hasanvand, Yusufvand, Kowlivand, and several more smaller tribes. They traditionally spoke Laki.The Laki Variety of Harsin: Grammar, Texts, Lexicon, Sara Belelli, 2021, pp. 6-7, .عشایر و مردم ایران، عبدالحسین سعیدیان، 2004, pp. 293, . Minorsky wrote that the tribes of Selseleh formerly lived around Mahidasht before being settled around the plains of Aleshtar in northern Lorestan to support the newly installed Vali dynasty. Oskar Mann and Rabino estimated the Selseleh population at 9,000 families.Minorsky, Vladimir (2012). "Lak". Encyclopaedia of Islam (Second ed.). Brill Publishers. doi:10.1163/1573-3912_islam_COM_0562. . Minorsky listed the main groups of Lur as the Tarhan, Delfan, Selseleh, and Bala Gariva, and labelled the first three as Lak with the last being truly Lur.Minorsky, V. (1986). "Lur". In Bosworth, C. E.; van Donzel, E.; Lewis, B. & Pellat, Ch. (eds.). The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition. Volume V: Khe–Mahi. Leiden: E. J. Brill. .
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