19 Facts About Khuzestan Province

Khuzestan Province is known for its ethnic diversity; the population of Khuzestan Province consists of Lurs, Iranian Arabs, Qashqai people, Afshars, indigenous Persians and Iranian Armenians.

Khuzestan Province's population is predominantly Shia Muslim, but there are small Christian, Jewish, Sunni and Mandean minorities.

Currently, Khuzestan Province has 18 representatives in Iran's parliament, the Majlis.

Name Khuzestan means "The Land of the Khuzi", and refers to the original inhabitants of this province, the "Susian" people.

Province of Khuzestan can be basically divided into two regions; the rolling hills and mountainous regions north of the Ahvaz Ridge, and the plains and marsh lands to its south.

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Presently, Khuzestan Province still maintains its diverse group, but does have Arabs, Persians, Bakhtiari and ethnic Qashqais and Lors.

Climate of Khuzestan Province is generally very hot and occasionally humid, particularly in the south, while winters can be cold and dry.

Province of Khuzestan is one of the centres of ancient civilization, and one of the most important regions of the Ancient Near East, based around Susa.

Archeological ruins verify the entire province of Khuzestan to be home to the Elamite civilization, a non-Semitic, and non-Indo-European-speaking kingdom, and"the earliest civilization of Persia".

Muslim conquest of Khuzestan Province took place in 639 AD under the command of Abu Musa al-Ash'ari from Basra, who drove the Persian satrap Hormuzan out of Ahvaz.

Iraq's President Saddam Hussein felt confident that the Arab population of the Khuzestan Province would react enthusiastically to the prospect of union with Iraq.

Khuzestan Province is ethnically diverse, home to many different ethnic groups.

The politics of Khuzestan Province therefore have international significance and go beyond the realm of electoral politics.

Khuzestan Province is inhabited by many different ethnic groups; the population of Khuzestan Province consists of native Persians, Arabs, Bakhtiaris, Lurs, Qashqai people of the Afshar tribe, Mandaeans and Armenians.

Khuzestan Province has long been the subject of many a writer and poet of Persia, banking on its ample sugar production to use the term as allegory for sweetness.

People of Khuzestan Province are predominantly Shia Muslims, with small Sunni Muslim, Jewish, Christian and Mandean minorities.

Many scientists, philosophers, and poets have come from Khuzestan Province, including Abu Nuwas, Abdollah ibn-Meymun Ahvazi, the astronomer Nowbækht-e Ahvazi and his sons as well as Jorjis, the son of Bakhtshua Gondishapuri, Ibn Sakit, Da'bal-e Khazai and Sheikh Mortedha Ansari, a prominent Shi'a scholar from Dezful.

The variety of agricultural products such as wheat, barley, oilseeds, rice, eucalyptus, medicinal herbs; the existence of many palm and citrus farms; having mountains suitable for raising olives, and of course sugar cane—from which Khuzestan Province takes its name—all show the great potential of this fertile plain.

Khuzestan Province is home to Yadavaran Field, which is a major oil field in itself and part of the disputed Al-Fakkah Field.