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History of cultivation of pistachio.

The product of pistachio from the ancient time possessing importance among the Iranian

and cultivated in regions like Khorasan and Transoxania. Iran during the last few years

considering analysis of vast and wide parts of pistachio cultivatable areas, is the foremost producer of pistachio in the world. Undoubtedly, we can say that none of the nation of the world have experience and record of Iranian in the field of agricultural and trade of pistachio. The origin of each tree is certainly its natural place of growing, considering the historical evidences, the origin of pistachio trees is limited and surrounded to Iran. The land then named Part and then Khorasan. The west limit of growing of this plant expanded to Nishabour and the east limit of growing of this plant to Balkh region on the both sides of Jeyhoun river. The limit of these trees spreaded up to the north lands of Jeyhoun river which includes the natural border of north of Khorasan it means up to Transoxania and parts of ancient Khorasan and the newly independent Republics like Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and some of the part of Afghanistan.

The most ancient work obtained from pistachio in the world, is a semi-burned wood relating to Stone Age discovered approximately 1000 years ago around the city of Fasa (Province of Fars) and at present is kept in Pars Museum.

Herodotus the known Greek historian in its works also mentioned about the cultivation of pistachio. Therefore, the tree of pistachio having historical background in Iran and is supposed that this product is cultivated in Iran 4000 years ago.

Iranian in the ancient eras found the characteristics of haemostatic, energizer and flourishing of pistachio. For example, on the basis of ancient sources addressed Zahak Maghloub Iranian Parsha Pirouzmand as a “Pistachio Eater” and Partha were the people eating pistachio from the childhood as an energizing edible. As per statement of Hakim Tous Ferdosi the Sasanide King from the beginning of his throne ordered to store in the castles of Khorasan as an energizing edible product in order to resist against the attack of enemy. In the attack of Tataran the Iranian castle men resisted for a long period under the siege of Moghals in the castle named Kalivan Khorasan and they food was only pistachio and dried meat.

The Latin word of Pistachio derived from the Persian language of Peste or Piste. The wild and self-growing pistachio forests in Iran having ancient background in the north eat region of Iran, Sarakhs and south region up to Torbat Heydarieh. It is supposed that the tree of pistachio is cultivated in Iran about 3-4 thousands years ago and after Iran transferred to other parts of the world especially countries around the Mediterranean Sea.