The Pusht-i Kuh, the country 'behind the mountain' between the Kabir Kuh and the Iraqi plain, with the old districts of Masabadhan and Mihrajanqadhaq, whose old towns (Saymara, Sirawan) had dwindled.
Its Lur tribes winter on the warm slopes toward Iraq and summer in the high valleys. They answer to their own chiefs; the atabeg Shuja al-Din Khurshid at Khorramabad claims them, and the caliph's men hold the foothill district of al-Lihf (Mandali, Badra) and the Mehran plain below (irq researcher's records).
Who holds it
- Name
- not named for 1199-1200
- Title
- Lur tribal chiefs
- Since
- not pinned
- Born
- not pinned
- Family
- not pinned
- Confidence
- low
The Pusht-i Kuh belongs in principle to Lesser Lur (Mustawfi's Lur-i Kuchik), but the Khurshidid atabeg's hold there in 1200 is not pinned.
Overlord
The Khurshidid atabeg of Lesser Lur claims it (not pinned)
What it holds
- Winter pastures toward the Iraqi plain and summer valleys under the Kabir Kuh
- The passes between Iraq and Luristan
How things stand that morning
Lur tribes under their own chiefs, claimed by the atabeg of Lesser Lur.
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: Geographical; nothing dated to 1199-1200.
On the map: Rough tribal country.
Primary sources for Lesser Lur
Chronicles, registers, sagas and inscriptions written in or near 1200 that cover this entry. Each has its own page with editions, translations and where to read it.
- Dictionary of Countries, Yaqut al-Hamawi (1224 to 1228, at Aleppo). An alphabetical gazetteer of every place Yaqut had read of or seen: he travelled as a bookseller's agent through Syria, Iraq, Persia, Khurasan and Khwarazm (about 1213 to 1220) and settled in Aleppo. Read online
Sources and studies
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.