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The wild species of saffron flower is probably Cartratianus saffron, which has its roots in Crete or Central Asia;

Thomas and Pallas are other possible sources.

Saffron is now a polyploid organism that is self-incompatible and has sterile male gametes.

This plant has ectopic meiosis and as a result is unable to reproduce independently.

If saffron is a mutant species of Cartratianus, it probably appeared in Crete in the late Bronze Age.

Humans may have bred them with taller stigmas by selecting them.

The saffron obtained in the Assyrian botanical source belongs to the 7th century BC, dates back to the Assyrian Banipal. It has been traded and used for 4 millennia and has been used to treat ninety types of diseases.

The saffron clone spread slowly to most parts of Eurasia, and later reached parts of North Africa, North America, and Oceania.

Some scholars consider the origin and historical place of saffron to be Iran, and some, such as Professor Mohammad Yousingfing, believe that its original place was in Kashmir, India, and from there it was taken to ancient Iran and Greece. But according to Master Brackriti Gubata, saffron first entered Indian Kashmir in the Persian Empire around 500 BC. However, during the Mongol Empire, large quantities of saffron were cultivated in Kashmir from Iran to Kashmir and the Bambur Karwa region in the east of Srinagar.

Iran now has the largest amount of saffron production, which produces about 90% of the annual crop.

Saffron played an important role in the Greco-Roman period, dating back to the 8th century BC to the 3rd century AD.

The image of saffron in pre-Greek culture is much older and dates back to the Bronze Age.

The frescoes of the palace of Conosus show saffron cultivation in the Minoan Cretaceous; In this picture, saffron flowers were picked by young girls and monkeys. Saffron played an important role in the Greco-Roman period, which is related to the distance between the 8th century BC and the 3rd century BC.

The first image of saffron in pre-Greek culture is much older and dates back to the Bronze Age.

One of these paintings is in the Exetes 3 building in Acrotiri, on the Aegean island of Santorini – known to the ancient Greeks as “Terra”.

These paintings date back to 1600 to 1500 BC, but various dates have been reported so far: 3000 to 1100 BC or 17th century BC.

The wall of the palace of Conosus in the Minoan court shows the cultivation of saffron, in which saffron flowers are arranged by young girls and monkeys.

They represent a Minoan goddess who oversees the picking of flowers and the removal of stigmas for therapeutic purposes.

In one image, a woman uses saffron to heal her injured leg.

“Terry” shows the first accurate image of the use of saffron as a medicinal plant.

This saffron growing area was finally destroyed in an earthquake and volcanic eruption between 1645 and 1500 BC.

The volcano covered the ruins and helped preserve the paintings of the plants.

One of these paintings is located in the Exet 3 building in Acrotiri, on the Aegean island of Santorini – known to the ancient Greeks as “Terra”.

These paintings date back to 1600 to 1500 BC, but various dates have been stated so far: 3000 to 1100 BC 17th century BC.

They represent a Minoan goddess who oversees the picking of flowers and the removal of stigmas for therapeutic purposes.

In one image, a woman uses saffron to heal her injured leg.

“Terry” shows the first accurate image of the use of saffron as a medicinal plant.

The saffron growing area was finally destroyed by a severe earthquake and volcanic eruption between 1645 and 1500 BC.

Volcanic ash covered the ruins and helped preserve the paintings of the plants.

This misrepresentation of a mural in Konosus, Crete, shows a man who must have been a monkey collecting saffron.

There are various conflicting reports describing the first emergence of saffron in East and South Asia and India.

The first historical reports are related to Persian records.

Many studies show that saffron, along with other spices, was first spread by Iranian rulers in India to fill newly established gardens and parks.

They did this by planting saffron throughout the Persian Empire.

Then, in the 6th century BC, the Phoenicians began to sell Kashmiri saffron through extensive trade routes.

Kashmiri saffron was used to treat soda and fabric dyes.

On the other hand, a traditional Kashmiri legend states that saffron first arrived in the 11th and 12th centuries AD.

When two foreign Sufi ascetics, Khajeh Massoud Wali and Sharifuddin, arrived in Kashmir.

The Sufis fell ill, and sought help from the chief of the tribe to cure their illness.

After recovering, they gave him a glass of saffron to thank the chief of the tribe.

To this day, offerings are made annually in honor of the two holy men, at the beginning of the saffron growing season in late autumn.

In the Indian village of Pampura, a dome-shaped tomb with a golden dome has been erected for the two Sufis.

However, Kashmiri poet Mohammad Yusuf Tang denies this.

He says the Kashmiris have had saffron killed for more than two millennia.

In fact, these ancient shipments are mentioned in Kashmiri Tantric Hindu images.

Ancient Chinese Buddhist accounts cite other cases of saffron arriving in India.

According to legend, an Indian Buddhist missionary named “Median” was sent to Kashmir in the 5th century BC.

Arriving in Kashmir, he observed the first harvest of saffron.

Since then, the use of saffron has spread to the Indian subcontinent.

In addition to being used in food, saffron was soaked in water and used to dye fabrics.

The love for this fabric led shortly after the death of Gautama Buddha, the monks accompanying him to introduce the color saffron as the official color of Buddhist clothing.

Some historians believe that saffron entered China through the Mongol invaders and through Iran.

Saffron is mentioned in ancient Chinese medical texts, including the medicinal book The Great Plant, which dates back to 1600 BC (and is attributed to the Shang dynasty), and contains thousands of treatments for a variety of ailments. The plant is mentioned.

Until the third century AD, there are indications that Kashmiri saffron in China.

“Saffron is native to Kashmir, where people originally cultivate it for donation to the Buddha,” wrote Chinese medical researcher Wan Zan.

Van points out what common uses of saffron were at the time: “Saffron flowers wither after a few days and then saffron is produced.

Its value depends on its solid yellow color. “It can be used in wine.”

In the modern era, saffron cultivation has reached Afghanistan, thanks to the efforts of the European Union and Britain.

They are trying to promote saffron cultivation among poor Afghan farmers instead of profitable and illegal opium cultivation.

Due to the hot and semi-arid climate of Afghanistan, they emphasize that this place is suitable for growing saffron.

Every twelve years, the statue of Gumataria is bathed in saffron by thousands of disciples.