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MUH—MUH
of the Muhaisin and Ka 5 }) tribes. The hereditary Vail of Hawizeh, who
formerly ruled the whole country between the Karun and the Tigris rivers,
also fell under the power of Mizal; his authority, exercised subject to control
from Muhammareh, is now hardly felt outside the town of Howizeh. Mizal
received from the Persian Government the title of MuiTzz-ul-Seltanah. He
fell a victim in 1897 to a conspiracy organised by his cousin Salman-bin-
Mansur, to which most of the tribal Shaikhs was privy. Khaz'al, the
youngest and only surviving son of Haji Jabir, succeeded his brother. The
title of Mu'izz-ul-Saltaneh was continued in his favour, and to it was sub
sequently added the military title of Sardar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. Ara\ By him the two
hereditary Shaikhs of Fallahieh were deported and detained near Muham
mareh, and the Fallahieh district has ever since then been under his direct
administration through local headmen. He is now recognised by the
Persian Government as ruler of all Southern 'Arabistan. The heir-
apparent to the Shaikhship of Muhammareh is Chasib, the eldest son of
Khaz’al by an Arab wife, who has already been invested by the Persian Gov
ernment with the old title of Nasrat-ul-Mulk. Shaikh Khaz'al married in
1902 a grand-niece of the ’Ain-ud-Dauleh, the present (1905) Grand Yazir
of Pers'a.— [Foreign Department Gazetteer> 1905.)
MUHAMMADABAD (1)— Lat. 30° 52' N.; Long 55° 23' E.; Elev.
The name of two villages in the Anar district (q.v.) of Kirmam.
MUHAMMAD ABAD (2)— Lat. 30° 25' N.; Long 36° 5' E. ; Eeev.
A village in Kirman, miles from Bahramabad, on the road to Kir-
man.— (Wood, 1899.)
MUHAMMADABAD (3)— Lat. 31° 46'20"; Long. 54° 24' 2"; Eilev. 4,364/
A village in Yazd district, 10 miles from Yazd, on the road to Kirman,
rid Bahramabad. It is a large village of 300 houses of sun-dried bricks,
population about 1,600, forming a long straight street, with houses and rows
of mulberry trees on both sides.
This place has a good caravanserai A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers). and post-house. Here is tfte junc
tion of the roads from Shiraz, Yazd and Kirman. There is plenty ®f good
water from 2 qandts, and a good deal of cultivation, mainly wheat and
barley. Fuel and grazing scanty, 300 sheep and goats, a fair amount of
forage, 300 donkeys, 60 camels, and a few mules.— (Preece — Sykes.)
MUHAMMADABAD (4)— Lat. 29° 15' N.; Long. 53° 56' E.; Eilev.
A village between Nlrlz and Khlr, Ears, on the road from Kirman t°
Shiraz. It has a grove of trees and lies a mile off the left of the road clos e
to a pass which diverges to Istehbanat, immediately before Khlr is reached.—
(Lovett — Dobbs, 1903.)
MUHAMMADABAD (5)— Lat. 28° 37' N.; Long. 51° 25' E.; Elev.
A village in the DashtI district of Fars, 3 miles south by west of Khurmuj
town on the east side of the Khurmuj valley. It contains 20 houses of
Mirzaha and Ruuseh.— ( Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Gazetteer, 1908.)
MUHAMMADABAD (6) —
A village in the province of Fars, 1 mile from Abadeh, on the road from
Isfahan to Shiraz— (Howe, 1906.)