Maysan

Maysan in Aramaic means (the water of the swamps) (Mi Asin) and it was transmitted in its history that it was a large city with many villages and palms and was an example of land fertility. It was also known as (Al-Amarah) and it is located in the eastern part of Iraq on the Iranian border, 375 km away from Baghdad, and is famous for the presence of marshes that constitute more than 60% of its area.

 

Among the most prominent landmarks in this city are:

Al-Hawizeh Marsh

Al-Hawizeh marshes are located in Maysan Governorate to the east of the Tigris River. The area of ​​the marsh is (1,377 km2) and its length is 80 km, while the width of the marsh is 30 km. The large area that characterizes the marsh and the diversity of its sources of nutrition from seasonal torrents and branches of the Tigris River, in addition to the Karkhah River that flows into Iran, make it an environment of diverse (biological and ecological) systems  and gave a balance to the nature in this region.

Al-Hawizeh Marsh is distinguished from the rest of the marshes by the absence of dense residential gatherings like the rest of the marshes, as these gatherings are concentrated in adjacent villages and are relatively far from the borders of the marsh and the rivers feeding it.

In addition, the economic activity in this marsh is characterized by raising buffaloes and fishing as a source of livelihood for the families who live there. Also, the marsh is characterized by the craft of building houses and sheds from reeds in a style known as summer resorts. As for their transportation within the marsh, it depends mainly on boats made of wood, which are also handmade, and which are used for fishing, shopping and transporting reeds and papyrus from one place to another.

Uzair Shrine:

The Uzair Shrine is located in the Maysan governorate in southern Iraq, in the direction of Uzair, which is located on the western coast of the Tigris River, and its residents believe that it is the place where the Prophet Uzair, one of the prophets of the Israelites, was buried. The area around the tomb was named the “Uzair area”.

Sayyid Ahmed Al-Rifai Shrine:

This shrine is located in the province of Maysan, and the city of Al-Rifai has been attributed to the burial of the shrine of Sayyid Ahmad Al-Rifai, who is Abu Al-Abbas Ahmed bin Ali bin Ahmed, known as Sheikh Al-Rifai, a righteous man, a venerable sheikh, a scholar and jurist, and his lineage traced back to the Commander of the Faithful, Ali bin Abi Talib.

Nasser Pasha Al-Saadoun, the head of Al-Muntafiq, is considered the first to reconstruct the dome of this shrine in the year 1868 AD. Then the Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid paid for the reconstruction of the fortress and the construction of the Minaret in 1889 AD. Ever since, repairs and restorations took place in various stages of time.