212 Capt. Taylor's Notes to Account of the Rums of Alewaz. 



" Al Ahwaz. This is the plural of Huz, which last, however, though it 

 " be the singular form, may not be applied to signify any one of the nine 

 " districts singly. The names of these are as follow : Ram Hormuz, Asker 

 " Mukram, Justar, Jundisahur, Sus, SunaJ, Nabr Jini, Aidaj, and Ma- 

 " nadhir." — Kaunas in voce. 



Hawaizah signifies a small collection of inhabitants, the diminutive of 

 the root huz, " people, bodies of men." It is also the name of a town of 

 Susiana, of a date much subsequent to that of the city of Ahwaz ; and, 

 like it, raised on the site of a more ancient city. 



V. The Persian Dictionary, " Borliani Patdd," under the words Khuz, 

 and Khuzistan, states that these are both names of a country in Persia, of 

 which Shuster is the capital ; and that the first signifies also sugar ; and the 

 second, any country productive of the sugar-cane, or a manufactory of 



this article. 



{Signed) Robert Taylor. 

 Bussorah, November 24, 1826. 



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