ملف رقم ٣١٥٤ لسنة ١٩١٢، جزء ١ "الحدود التركية-الفارسية: موقع الحويزة" [و‎‎٤‎٣] (١٤٨/٧٩)

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4* Hansen Itsalf, whataver It may have fteen In its
Palm/ days, iv.s at tne ^resent time a dilapidated and squalid
sottlement of aud-built dwell ngs. THe resident popul tion at
the time of ay visit was e rtalnly not more tiian aooo souls*
SSara^SncEtwk Signs of the former more extensive settlement
are a till of aour&e plentiful, in the shape of ruined house??,
and compound walls, while numerous Imams or shrines scattered
far and ic'o in the nelghhourlng country hear evidence to its
former prosperity
m© settlement is situated on both hsnfes, hut mainly on the
left or westhanh ; of a stream from so to yards wide f.nd( in
Aprit) 4 to 5 feet deop in f$id—c2iaxm©X, wh oh flows from the
direction of ;cut Mohr Hashlm ana is said by the inhabitants
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to ?.?e the rCarrheh, tliough it can only be one of many tentacles
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of hat Ilivor*
The inhabitants say that at the present djry this stream gives a
regular How tor eight months in the year^from November to Jim©
inclusive, bat during the ren&in^lng four months it drier u > and
they are reduced for their drinudlng supply to water-holes sun£
in the bod, from irovember to <Xua© they have a regular
highway by water to huaib, na thence to *Amarah on the Tigris %
ana this accounts for the fact thsy they trade with 'Aaarah
rather than Baslri.
5. 3j|ga*-?L, 15; alios on a be ring of g degrees I?, of West froa
Kawiset^is a set tied village of the Baal Salih containing about
150 adult men nd between goo and coo souls livine in permanen t
dwell n o,built and tha tched with stout reeds fr < t tee adjacent
aarch. *>art from the produce of the oultivatlan of tee ground
in the latMdlate vicinity the inhabitants ale go in extensively
for spearing and nettin fish.
The village Is prettily situated on both banhs of a saodtxrt.
naali streea at the point where it aitara the marsh. Th.s stream.
entering fr a the north, receiv e the waters of the ffawlzeh streai^
shea flowing,but is also joined by other feeders from the North //
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