Al-Ḥawīza

Hoveyzeh lies on the marshy western plain of Khuzestan, near the riverlands that join the Tigris and Euphrates. In the fifteenth century it became the centre of the Musha'sha', a movement founded by Muhammad ibn Falah, who proclaimed himself the Mahdi. Its rulers built a regional power among the Arab tribes of the marshes. Under the Safavids, Musha'sha' governors continued to exercise authority in Khuzestan.