Description

Karlıovalı Mehmed Tayfur [i. e. Mehmed Tayfur from Karlovo, now Bulgaria].

Istanbul: Kasbar Matbaası 1313 [1897].

The production of highly popular rose oil and water probably originated from Persia and in the Ottoman Empire in the early 17th century spread through merchants to Thrace, to the areas of today’s European part of Turkey and Bulgaria. By the late 17th century the centers of the rose water and oil production in the world became Ottoman towns Kazanlak (Turkish Kazanlik), Karlovo (Turkish Karlıova) and Stara Zagora (Turkish Eski Zağra), all of them now located in Bulgaria. The three locations are still famous for their roses and products made from them.

In the introduction of the present pamphlet, the author Mehmed Tayfur mentions, that as a native of Karlovo, he was involved in rose oil making for a long time. The following text, accompanied with illustrations, he presents the techniques of rose cultivation, distillation and production of oil, and describes correct vessels and bottles for storage.

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References: Özege 6365.