Ahwaz, Or Ahwuz, a small town on the river Karun in Persia, province of Khuzistan, 70 m. N. N. E. of Bassorah, and 45 m. S. S. W. of Sinister. It is a very insignificant place, containing about 1,600 inhabitants, but it is in the immediate neighborhood of a vast collection of ruins, the remains of a city ascribed to the period of the Parthian empire, and which was very prosperous under the caliphs. It must have been a city of considerable magnitude, and the ruins extend for 12 miles along the bank of the river. Near it is a strong dam built across the bed of the river to irrigate the surrounding country; and there are remains of a fine bridge and a large palace.

AI, an ancient city of Palestine, in the territory of Benjamin, about 12 m. N. of Jerusalem, as near as can at present be determined. It is first mentioned in Scripture as the place where Abraham and Lot pitched their tents when journeying from Haran. It was captured and destroyed by Joshua, and became a heap of stones, but was rebuilt so as to be a place of some note in the time of Jeremiah.