Dedicated to manuel kroupa jejjejeje --------------------------------------------- Tulips originate from PERSIA !!!!!! Don't you laugh, Aziz Abbasi. ---------------------------------------------
Although tulips are associated with Holland, both the flower and its name originated in the Persian empire. The tulip, or lale (from Persian لاله, lâleh) as it is also called in Turkey, is a flower indigenous to Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan and other parts of Central Asia. It is unclear who first brought the flower to northwest Europe. The most widely accepted story is that of Oghier Ghislain de Busbecq, Ambassador from Ferdinand I to Suleyman the Magnificent of the Ottoman Empire in 1554. He remarks in a letter upon seeing "an abundance of flowers everywhere; Narcissus, hyacinths, and those which in Turkish Lale, much to our astonishment, because it was almost midwinter, a season unfriendly to flowers" (see Busbecq, qtd. in Blunt, 7). In Persian Literature (classic and modern) special attention has been given to these two flowers, in specific likening the beloved eyes to Narges and a glass of wine to Laleh. The word tulip, which earlier in English appeared in such forms as tulipa or tulipant, entered the language by way of French tulipe and its obsolete form tulipan or by way of Modern Latin tulīpa, from Ottoman Turkish tülbend, "muslin, gauze". (The English word turban, first recorded in English in the 16th century, can also be traced to Ottoman Turkish tülbend.)
Dont worry, stay tuned and you will learn me and Aziz and Saad are sometimes teasing in order to make the other laugh. We are a bit too serious people, and we need to laugh. And we do that in an indirect way. I even got a raise in salary from my Boss Saad to tease and fool him so he can laugh. So you said exactly the right words and did nothing wrong, on the contrary, you gave me bread to make Aziz laugh, InShaAllah.
Oh dear Ania, Dont make our friend Aziz mad. He already has told me before tulips are from Iran. Now you have said this he will have to throw 666 stones extra to the pillar in Mecca that represents the devil. And the poorman has already a bad right arm ;-) Dont laugh ;-) hahahahahahahhahaaa
Kom Harry,laten wij het veld in gaan! Laat ons de pracht en de vreugde van het voor jaar bezien,kijk toch,zijn werk,alles word groen,en bloeit, de hele wereld juicht je toe..;)
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