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MUHAMRAH (MOIAMMERAH)

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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 956 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MUHAMRAH (MOIAMMERAH) , a See also:town of See also:Persia, in the See also:province of See also:Arabistan, in 3o° 26' N., 48° 11' E., on the Hafar See also:canal, which joins the See also:Karun with the Shatt el Arab, and flows into the latter 40 M. above its mouth at Fao and about 20 M. below See also:Basra. It has See also:post and See also:telegraph offices, and a See also:population of about 5000. With the opening of the Karun See also:river, as far as See also:Ahvaz, to See also:international See also:navigation in 1889, Muhamrah acquired greater importance, and its customs, which until then were leased to the See also:governor for £1500 per annum, See also:rose considerably, and paid £8000 until taken over by the central customs See also:department under Belgian officials in 1902. It is estimated that the value of the imports and exports into and from Muhamrah, excluding specie, is about £300,000 per annum, paying customs amounting to about £18,000. Until 1847, when it definitely became See also:Persian territory in accordance with See also:art. ii. of the treaty of See also:Erzerum, Muhamrah was alternately claimed and occupied by Persia and See also:Turkey, its ruler, an Arab See also:sheikh, helping either See also:power as he found it convenient. Since then the governor of the town andadjoining See also:district has been a sheikh of the K'ab or Chaab See also:Arabs, a powerful tribe of the Shi'ah See also:branch of See also:Islam. At the See also:close of the Anglo-Persian See also:campaign in 1857 Muhamrah was taken by a See also:British force.

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