(I am so disappointed that my list doesn't appear to know where the medieval center of rosewater production was, if a center existed.)
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Replying to @TheMedievalDrK
Major centres=Damascus area & esp Fars (Iran), exported to China, India+Europe; also apparently some production in Spain :)
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Replying to @caitlinrgreen
YAY! thank you! I wondered if this was the case, and it sounds like it is. Have a citation offhand? (if not no worries!)
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Replying to @TheMedievalDrK
Offhand, a v brief account here, though w/ further refs :) https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=c1ZsBgAAQBAJ&lpg=PA683&pg=PA683#v=onepage&q&f=false …
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Replying to @TheMedievalDrK
Fwiw, here's al-Dimashqi, c.1300, on rose-water production at Damascus: https://archive.org/stream/palestineundermo00lestuoft#page/266/mode/2up … :)pic.twitter.com/SOpow2uJg7
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Replying to @caitlinrgreen
Egypt produces Rose Water.I had some relatives in my childhood used it to flavor drinking water before cooling it in fridges.
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Rose water production also introduced into Bulgaria by the Ottomans :)
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