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1610: 497: 347:), who claimed to be the only legitimate Shi'i ruler, put an end to Mosha'sha' rule in Khuzestan. The Mosha'sha' were further weakened by the death of its ruler Sayyed Mohsen in 1499/1500 or 1508/09. Two of his sons, Ali and Ayyub, attempted to negotiate with Ismail I, but were executed by the latter. The self-determination of the Mosha'sha was finally ruined with the massacre of Sayyed Fayyaz and his supporters in Hoveyzeh. The Iranologist 39: 141: 446:. It is uncertain who governed Arabestan following this event; Manuchehr Khan controlled Hoveyzeh for two years, and then afterwards its fortress was controlled by an Iranian force under the command of Mohammad Mo'men Beg. The latter was succeeded in 1655 by Safiqoli Beg, better known as Taniya Beg. During this period, Shushtar was governed by a 381:
Safavid governors of Ahvaz first appear in chronicles in the second half of the 17th century, which suggests that this part of Arabestan was no longer under the direct administration of the Mosha'sha'. During this period, the Mosha'sha' governor of Hoveyzeh was increasingly being referred to as the
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Sayyed Mobarak increased his anti-Ottoman activities, and also tried to increase his autonomy, as the Safavids were occupied with the second "Qizilbash civil war". Shah Abbas I did not accept this behaviour and thus resorted to military means twice against Sayyed Mobarak to keep him in control. In
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Other modern historians—such as P. Luft and E.J. van Donzel—also only considers Arabestan to have been used for the western part of Khuzestan during this period. The Iranologist Willem Floor includes both Arabestan and Khuzestan separately amongst the jurisdictions of the Safavid
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of Hoveyzeh through the influence of the governor of Kuhgiluyeh, Zaman Khan. Following the death of Sayyed Ali Khan in 1681 or 1687, a struggle for succession ensured amongst his brother Abdollah and sons. Order was only restored when Sayyed Farajollah was installed as the new
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period (1037–1194). They lived in a large area stretching from the east of Hoveyzeh to Dowraq, the latter which was their main center. The Afshars restricted the influence of the Mosha'sha', whom they had unfriendly relations with. The Mosha'sha' lived in Hoveyzeh.
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of Hoveyzeh. His inability to control the Arab tribes culminated in a revolt, which was eventually suppressed by Manuchehr Khan, the governor of Lorestan. The latter himself took control over Hoveyzeh, and had Sayyed Ali Khan and his sons sent to
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and Afshar inhabitants. Hoveyzeh and its surroundings was most likely solely populated by Arabs, who may also have formed the majority around the Karun and beyond Ahvaz. The Afshars of Khuzestan had inhabited the province since the end of the
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Known for its flat terrain and hot temperature, Khuzestan was unpopular till modern times. It was disconnected to the rest of Iran due its linguistic differences and bad roads. Khuzestan was more important commercially than
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of Hoveyzeh to challenge Safavid rule, refusing to carry out direct orders from Shah Abbas I in 1620, who as a result had him removed. In 1650, Sayyed Ali Khan ibn Mowla was appointed the new
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Later on, the whole Khuzestan province came to be known as Arabestan. It is uncertain when this change occurred. According to Rudi Matthee, it was first during the reign of the
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The Banu Ka'b, who had lived in the environs of Hoveyzeh and Kakha since the start of Safavid rule, expelled the Afshars from their lands following the death of
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tribes invited by the Safavids to act as a bulwark against the Ottoman Empire, the western part of Khuzestan became known as Arabestan. According to the
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Matthee, Rudi (2015). "Relations between the Center and the Periphery in Safavid Iran: The Western Borderlands v. the Eastern Frontier Zone".
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In 1736, Safavid rule over Iran was abolished and replaced by the Afsharid dynasty, established by the powerful Iranian commander Nader Shah (
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The Safavids allowed the Mosha'sha' to continue to their rule in the western part of Khuzestan (Arabestan)—on the other side of the
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Sanikidze, George (2021). "The Evolution of the Safavid Policy towards Eastern Georgia". In Melville, Charles (ed.).
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of Hoveyzeh were largely autonomous, and in most of the 16th century took more part in the politics of Khuzestan and
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as their capital. They had initially started out as a tribal confederation, but gradually transformed into a zealous
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than the Safavids themselves. Their involvement in the politics of southern Iraq resulted in a conflict with the
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Akopyan, Alexander V. (2024). "Ugly Yet Popular: the Remarkably Long Life of the Safavid Coins of Hoveyza".
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Titles and Emoluments in Safavid Iran: A Third Manual of Safavid Administration, by Mirza Naqi Nasiri
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Arabestan, while in the 16th century and early 17th century they had generally been referred to as
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considers this to have taken place in the second half of the 18th century. Another Iranologist,
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The old name of the province was Khuzestan ("the land of the Khuz"), referring to the ancient
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had the right to request help from a Safavid vizier, who oversaw the affairs of Arabestan.
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officially showed their fealty to the shah and minting coins in his name. The
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Hoveyzeh. For a certain period, Arabestan was under the administration of the
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that inhabited the area from the 3rd millennium BC until the rise of the
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Before the Safavids, the province was under the control of the Arab
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In 1663, Sayyed Ali Khan ibn Mowla was restored as the
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Safavid Persia in the Age of Empires: The Idea of Iran
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Since the 16th century, Khuzestan was slowly becoming
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Encyclopædia Iranica, Volume I/6: Afghanistan–Ahriman
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Index

Map of "Chusistan" (Khuzestan), dated 1736
Safavid Iran
Hoveyzeh
Arabic
Persian
Velayat
Musha'sha'
Afsharid Iran
Persian
romanized
Safavid Iran
Khuzestan
Elamites
Achaemenid Empire
Shi'i
Arab
Iranologist
Rudi Matthee
Shah Abbas I
Kurdistan
Lorestan
Afsharid
Nader Shah
Houchang Chehabi
Roger Savory
agriculturally
Basra
Persian Gulf
entrepôt
Indian Ocean

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