A Brief History of Saffron

A Brief History of Saffron

Saffron with the scientific name of Crocus Sativus is from the Iridaceae family. In some sources, for example, the Americana Encyclopedia has been mentioned in the Encyclopedia of America, which is derived from Cricus Corycus, a regional name in Siliconia, in the eastern Mediterranean. Some people consider saffron source as the old state of Iran, some researchers also consider the origin of saffron in a wider region of the planet, including Greece, Turkey, Asia Minor and Iran.

While saffron was exported to many parts of the world, the Iranians introduced the properties to the Greeks, Romans, Chinese, and Sami tribes, including the Arabs, and in the first to fourth millennium Ages they taught it to the Islamic customs around the Mediterranean. Thus, the first saffron of the land was used by the Iranians exiled by Muawiya in the dining areas, then the saffron was planted in northern Africa and Andalusia (Islamic Spain) and Sicily (Sicily), and Iranian tribes such as Rostamian and Benu tabary in the transfer of effective saffron culture They were.

Historical documentation reflects the fact that Iranians have been attracted to zar and saffron from ancient times, such as celebrating and celebrating celebrations and celebrations such as weddings and celebrations, or welcoming elders and pilgrims of zar and saffron The steps were taken. In the establishment of the magnificent of these kinds of ritual, while infusing and mirroring, golden and simin coins, along with saffron and flowers and flowers for the bride and groom, or the characters, and occasionally all the attendees at such ceremonies. In some places, saffron was smoked alone, or with musk, ointment, and relapses, and splashed rosé.

The saffron is used to decorate bread loaves and to smell the foods. In the description of the life of Daryush, Ferdinand yousti wrote: (“The Shah of Iran was tasting a fragrant oily oil, which was a blend of sunflower oil, cooked in lamb and cooked with saffron and dates wines”). During the Parthian period, saffron went to Greece and Rome, later China became saffron customers in Iran. In the Sassanian era, saffron planting was also popular in Qom and Bun, and its product quality was renowned.

At the same time, saffron was used to pay expensive paper, but earlier saffron solution was used as a composite compound, and used centuries later for a combination of high quality writing. From the colorful and colorful saffron compositions (from pale yellow to bloody red) to write the commands and letters of the Sultans and Caliphs and the Imams, as well as in the writing of the titles and headlines of the books and the prophets, as well as in the illumination, and in the image Drawings and textures have been used. In addition, saffron was used to write sacred prayers, as well as special tales and spells on lagoon and fabric, and sometimes a cushion.

In saffron sources, saffron is named Parsi (Korkam). In his translation of saffron, saffron is considered to be a spray or perfume or a sweet-scented plant, and in another translation of this book, saffron is mentioned in the number of plant coloring plants. The word saffron is an Arabic or possibly Arabic word, whose root and derivation are unknown, though in Western sources, for the word and the word Korkam, there is a Sumerian base. This conspicuous view, if it is near the fact that the Sumerian origin is from saffron regions of Iran, can be considered as the same natives driven out of Iran by the earth after the onslaught of livestock aria and the pastor.

In the sources of Persian and Arabic words dozens of words have been recorded for saffron. But these words are rarely used in ancient Persian texts and references. For example, the word Curkam has been mentioned in very few Persian writings and poems, but the word Saffron has been taken into consideration by many writers and poets, with all its characteristics and properties, so that it can be said boldly The word saffron and its related expressions and symbols are not used in the written works of any of the world’s foremost sources as well as in Persian sources and texts.

The cultivation of saffron in the past has been very common in most of the central regions of Iran. The reputation of saffron in Qom during the pre-Islamic era is based on the history of planting this plant in ancient Iran. In the tenth century, saffron cultivation by the Arabs (which the Arabs themselves also learned from Iranians) became commonplace in Spain, followed by the 18th century in the Walden region of Essex, England, and nowadays it is known as Saffron Walden .

As it comes from India’s literary and medical literature, saffron has long been known to the people of that land. Also, saffron has received special attention from Egyptian, Greek, kalimians, Hindu and Muslim people.

source: tabnak /ir