page_title: Origin of the name Khuzestan
section_title: Supporting documentation
hierarchical_section_title: Origin of the name Khuzestan / Supporting documentation
caption_attribution_description: English: Regional Map of Khuzestan, by Ibn Hawqal, 10th century. Map was extracted from The M.J. De Goeje's copy of Ibn Hawqal's book "Surat ul-Ardh", from the Library of Iran's National Museum.
context_page_description: Although Herodotus and Xenophon referred to the entire region as Susiana, the name Khuzestan is what has been referred to the southwestern most province of Persia from antiquity.
context_section_description: The following is a list of sources that specifically use, describe, or discuss the word "Khuzestan". Almost all are written in the Arabic language.
caption: 10th century regional map of Khuzestan by Ibn Hawqal. The word is underlined in red.
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