'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K' [‎41r] (86/1278)

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Name.
Location.
Name.
Remarks.
Zuvair
4 miles east of Naddafleh
on the Karun.
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A locality
A habitat of Humaid
of the ’Awamir sec
tion.
Zuvish ,
On the left bank of the
Karun about the vil
lage of Kut Saiyid
’Abbas, which it in r
eludes.
Do. .
Villages and 'populations .—The fixed villages of the district are almost
without exception, situated on the Karun, the largest being Nasiri
Muzaffari, Ahwaz, Braicheh and Wais, and the settled population of the
district, including, besides the Karun village, the large semi-permanent
settlements of Banneh and Shakheh, may be estimated at 13,000 soills. The
sedentary population consists chiefly of Bavleh, A1 Bu Kurd, Dizfulis,
Shushtaris and Ma’awleh ; but among them are Hamaid, Zarqan, Hawa-
shim and Muhaisin, and a very few Tkrish and Sabians., The Ka’b of
Banneh and Shakheh are here reckoned among the fixed inhabitants of the
district, and there is a proportion of miscellaneous Arabs and Persians.
The mud brick used in domestic architecture is of the same pattern as in
the Jarrahi district.
The nomad population is very much larger, amounting ito about 37,930
souls, and includes the bulk of the Bavleh and ’Anafijeh tribes. Besides
these there are Faratiseh, Hamaid, Hardan, Hawashim, JaEtia’, Ka’b, Mara-
wuneh, Muhaisin, A1 Bu Rawaleh, Bait Sad, Salamat, jShawakir, Bani
Tamim and Zarqan. Of these the Hamaid, Hardan and Salamat are
chiefly found on the outskirts of the district. .
The following is a tabular account of the principal among the minor
tribes which have their headquarters in, or are peculiar to, this district.
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Nam a
Location.
Fighting strength.
Remarks.
Faratiseh .
Chai Faqaisat
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60, of whom 20
are mounted
and 20 armed
with rifles.
The jFaratiseh are poli-
ticjally allied to the
Bajvieh, but are said
to be of Bani Lam
st^ck and to have
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immigrated from the
neighbourhood of
’Aipareh on theTigris.
Hawashim
Muwailleh and Aminieh
on the Karun, and
scattered.
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150, of whom
130 have rifles
but none are
mounted.
The i Hawashim have
10Q mules and don
keys, and pay in
their revenue at Wais.
Thie tribe are said
to be related to
the Kinaneh section
of ;the Bani Lam.
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