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3 yrs - Shusha, Karabakh.

Karabakh is one of the ancient historical regions of #azerbaijan, extending from the highlands of the #lessercaucasus down to the lowlands between the rivers #kura and #aras. Name of #karabakh is a compound of the #azerbaijani words kara (black) and bagh (garden), literally meaning "#blackgarden".

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3 yrs - Shusha, Karabakh.

Another legend about the flower concerns the Khan of #karabakh and his daughter #aghabeyim. After the khan’s daughter was married to an Iranian king, she began to miss her homeland of Karabakh. To help her cope with her yearning for home, the shah built a garden that included all the different #flowers of Karabakh. Despite his best intentions, the #kharibulbul never grew. It was the only flower that refused to grow in her new home of Iran. This legend is featured in the traditional folk song of “Vatan Bagi,” which translates into “Motherland Garden.”

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3 yrs - Shusha, Karabakh.

Others attribute the name to a legend about how the flower was first created: “Once upon a time there was a nightingale that fell in love with a flower. The nightingale loved and protected the flower and was warbling for her all day. One day a bee saw the flower and wanted to taste her nectar. When the nightingale saw the bee flying toward the flower, he prevented it with his breast. They clashed in the air and the bee stung the nightingale. But the bird did not die. His love and courage changed him into another flower, together with the bee that wanted to sting him.”

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Khari Bulbul (or The Flower of Karabakh) is one of the rare endemic flowers which grow only in the outskirts of the Shusha, Karabakh. It is considered by some to be "a flower of peace and love" in the Karabakh region. The Khari Bulbul is featured on the front side of the Azerbaijani 20-manat currency dedicated to Karabakh.