Distribution of financial credits in Lorestan During the Pahlavi I Period

Allocating financial resources to Lorestan as a region with specific characteristics, the government, in the first Pahlavi period, was attempting to performits desired social, economic, and cultural programs. By a descriptive-analytical method, this paper seeks to examine the distribution of financial credits in Lorestan during the first Pahlavi period. The results show that the distribution of financial credits in the area wasmainly reliedon the army and military commanders who generally used received credits insuch matters as attracting the nomads of Lorestan, paying military officer's salaries, providing military supplies, establishing nomadic schools and building military structures.