Mohammerah (Muhammrah), a town of Khuzistan, Persia, near the Turkish frontier. It stands on the lower Karun, where the latter connects by the Haffar Canal with the Shat-el-Arab. It has about 5000 inhabitants, and has become of commercial importance since the opening of the navigation of the Karun (q.v.).
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 7: Maltebrun to Pearson, p. 251
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