Shekarlu

Shekarlu is a clan name used in the rug trade for some south Persian tribal rugs. Dealers mostly describe the Shekarlu as a small group, probably Luri in origin, that came under the Qashqai confederacy and no longer exists as a separate group; one notes Khamseh traits in a rug sold as Shekarlu. Encyclopaedia Iranica does not list it among the Qashqai or Khamseh tribes.

Also Shekarlou

See also Qashqai, Khamseh, Luri

Last reviewed November 2026