History of Khouzestan
Khouzestan the cradle of culture and Art
This state is another state, a land that looks different by especial characteristics and varieties. Khouzestan of the "land of sugar" was the cradle of art and culture by high capabilities from ancient times.
There are a lot of meanings and expressions about the word "Khouzestan" that shows the oldness of this land. Ibn- manzoor in 711 (Hejry. Ghamari) in the book lessan-ol-Arab says:

It means: "khooz" is a tribe which is consists of non- Arab people. From other side in other books and documents the "khooz" was translated into "sugar" or "sugar cane" ; because the fertile soil of Khouzestan is very good for culture of sugarcane and it had the best product of it Khouzestan, in ancient times especially the Cyrus period was divided in to 2 parts:
The northern and east north parts that called Anshan (or Anzan) and were great lands by abundant jungles and mountains and the southern part with warm and moist climate and fertile plains and delta lands that was like a small and progressive continent.
The southern parts which are named "Ilam" were the memorial of ancient civilizations in Khouzestan and had a vast geographical territory that is in the limit of Lorestan, khoozest and Persian Gulf.
Strabon, the ancient geographic called the Khouzestan the most fertile delta of the world, because a lot of rivers fed it that could make it possible to agricultural and constructions in this stage; perhaps this is the only reason which some people named "Hend" or "Ind" because it means a place with much water.
The "Hojojestan" name is showed in the book "Majma-ol- Tavarikh- val – ghesas" and also with the name of "Hobojestan and Ajar" that is driven from pahlavi language by titles of "Hobojestan and Hojestan". As in some common dialects for example "Lori Bakhtiari" accent people say "ح" instead of "خ". So the words "ooj", "Hooz", "Hooj", "OHOOZ" and "khooz" were attached to "stan" suffix and "oojestan" gradually changed in to "Hoojestan" and them to current pronuciation "khoozestan".
In persian ancient dialects and pahlavi Language "oo" can be changed into "hoo" like "oormazd" – "Hoormazed" and "ooshm and" – "Hooshmand" as people called "Kordad" and "khortat" instead of "Hoordad and Hurdad".
Ofcourse, in some years writing these words by the letter "Z" (equal to H in english) was common.
In ther side, "yaghoot Hamoody" baid that the word "khooz" has a same root with the words "Hooz", "Ahwaz" and "Hoveyze".
"Ahwaz" also is drivative of the words "Ahwaz" and "ooja" that is written on Gyrus tablatures in "Bistoon" and this name in Naghsh-e-Rostam tableture is called "khaja" or "khoja".
Also it must to be mentioned that Ahwaz is a city that is built in the Ardeshir Babakan's period. In the period of sassanian "Hoomshir" was "Hormoz Ardeshir" and "khoojestan vajar" or "Hoojestan Vajare" which had the meaning of "khoozestan market" that used for some decades and now Arab people call it "sogh-el-Ahwaz"
Ahwaz or Hormoz Ardeshir; combination of God's name and King's name, was constructed in 2-parts manner:
In part 1 there were grands and nobles and in other part there were city market residents. When arabs camed there the first part destroyed but the second part maintained.
Ahwaz is a persioan work; "Abo Mansoor Jaralighi" in 5th century says:
«الاهواز اسم مدينه من مدن فارسي/ عجميته معربه و قد تكلمت بها العرب»
Translation: Ahwaz is a city from persian cities it's name is Arabised persian that arab people accepted it's dictation from persian people. Some people equal the Ahwaz by oksin name in "Ilamian" period that the varation of words are like this:
"OKS"   "OKS"  "HOOZ"   "Khooz"
Presence of scientific and cultural centers like jordi shahpoor university in this state is the sign of propagation of this worthwhile land that gathered the masters of medisine from Greec Egypt, Indie and Rom.
Jondis shahpoor university, was built by command of 1st shahpoor (241-271 A.D). It was recorered by 2nd shahpoor and compeleted in the period of Anooshirvan.
Great scientists, Schoolars and poets were in this land sunch as:
Abo navas Hassan-jbn-Harri khoozestani that is one of great popts of Arabs, Abdolah-iba-Meymon Ahwazi, Nobakh-e-Ahwazi Monajen and his children Gorgis son of Bakhtashoo-e-Gondishapoori and Arab shia poets like "Ibn sekit" and "Daabl khazaii".

Khoozestan people according to variety in culture and different races-that is one of charcterstics of- this state – all of them have shia religion. Except Shiayan (shia people) only in ahwaz there are a minority of followers of Yahya-ibn-zakaria (saebiin) which live in the bank of karoon rive and all of them are goldsmith.

General information about Khuzestan cities and Ancient
shoosh, shooshiana and suziana was the power center of Ilam gorernment which 5-floor shrine of "Ghoogazanbil zigorat" around this city is one of huge builings of middle east that's build by interconnected wall and thousands bricks on a hill and brick epigraphs in this buiding show us the age of this biuilding.
This place is built as memoral of "Inshooshinak" supportive God of shoosh and was a religious shrine for praying.
Huge city of shoosh destroyed by Ashor'sking "Ashorbain pall" ; and by effort of and biuiding of winter houses as capital it was renewed.
Dezful of "Dezh pol" and according to local sayings "Des bill" was one of cities of that state wether as historical aspect or economical and agricultural aspects.
The reason that why the name of Dezful is called so, is because of a bridge by 12 archs and streams on Dez river that was built in First shahpoor of sasani dinesty. Ofcourse, some researchers like: "estakhri" called it Andamesh bridge which the name of Andimeshk is driven from it.
In 14th century Dezful was farrous by the name of "Ronash castle" and historian moghadasi called it "Ghantare city" that means bridge.
Great irrigation network and utilization and control for water for producing energy to grind the foods of tribes and residences of this place near river bank of Dez show us architectural talents of these people.
Also Dzfulian architectvres werefamous by construnction of shoosh castle and other castles. Dezful was well know by culture of "Nill" (a kind of plant) for dying and eulture of that this product was exported to India and Quostantinople. This city was created for communication between new capital, Jondi shappoor, and shooshtar and it's bridge is in the usage by people of this city yet.
The first is "Gargar" of karoon which passes through the city, makes beatiful water fans and a lot of water systems were made for it that are including ; grinders, bridge's canals, dikes, dams and watr falls that were the eonders of that time; the second is "chahardangeh" that was flowing from west to the south of shooshtar and these 2 arms had been reached together in a place which is called "Band-e-ghir".
Shooshtar was a glorious city both before and after that Islam and like Dezful by it's architecture and ancient texture and it's native traits can hare an important role in attraction of tourists.
Traditional texture of this city is compeletly compact with narrow allies and tall walls and narrow passages that all of them en to main squares of the city by "saabats" of canopies; which these places make a nuique.
Current of the river; so it is made acompilation of natural elements and architectual efforts that we can not see it anywhere else.
Dezful and shooshtar have some special innovations by utilizing brick architecture and water grinders.
Shooshtar is famous to "chehel pir" city in local dialect and epithets.
Universal mosque of the shooshtar that is one of most visual places of Iran is placed in this city and by it's epigraphs it seems that Abbassid caliphs made it in the time of Imam Hassam Assgari and after that it is compeleted and relieved.
This place has 54 collums in portal and archs famous to Roman archs; impact of acient culture of iran and local architecture of this zone is very clear in ceilings, plasters, scratching, pharoses and glorious brickworks on. Inspiration of Islam.