RE: The story of Ud (Oud, Oudh, gaharu , Agarwood, Agar)

[Guest guest]

Dear Sreenadh-ji,

 

Yes, the tree is grown in Assam.. and the most businessmen are

from a small place called 'Hojai' in Nagaon distt.

 

The Hindu peoples are also in the business .. but need a Muslim

partner to get ahead in the business.

 

rregards

 

chakraborty

 

 

Sreenadh [sreesog]

Friday, October 03, 2008 11:54 AM

 

The story of Ud (Oud, Oudh, gaharu,

Agarwood, Agar)

 

 

 

Dear All,

Agar alias Ud, Oud, Oudh, gaharu, Agarwood, Agar is well popular in

Arabic world and part and parcel of their life and tradition. It is

mentioned even in Kur-An, the divine text of Islam. When a Keralite or

Indian reaches Arab countries and comes to india on leave and back, one of

the request he may get is to 'get some Oud from India'. What is this Oud

with that is of this much importance to Arabs?

Those who does not know about this scented wood, can refer to wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agarwood>

..org/wiki/Agarwood

Those who does not know about its strong connection and use in Arabian

countries can refer to: http://www.saudiara

<http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/200006/the.hidden.history.of.scented.

wood.htm> mcoworld.com/issue/200006/the.hidden.history.of.scented.wood.htm

(I liked this well written article)

Of course the above article may also help to know that Oud is 10 times

costlier than Gold!!! No wonder now we can find Oud shops even in Kerala

from where the Gulf Malayalees (Kerlites in Gulf Countries) by Oud and

supply to their Arabian friends (Arabis). Oud is not created in Kerala, the

Agar tree does not grow in Kerala, and even if it Agar tree is grown Oud

will not get produced, since only the attach of a special mold (the trees

occasionally become infected with mold and begin to produce an aromatic

resin in response to this attack) can cause Oud to be produced! In India Oud

(Agar) is produced in Assam only and goes to all parts of India and later to

Arabia. Truly it is the Assam Scent Gold exported to Gulf countries!

 

Point to note: The dependence of Gulf countries on India (Assam) to get a

scent that is tightly connected with their life, tradition; a scent that

gets mentioned even in Kur-An and is respected and valued, indicates the

dependence the Arabian countries once had on India and its natural

resources. For food, cosmetics, scents and for almost every thing they

depended on India!!! (And now we depend on them - just due to Petrol, the

gold of the dry land!)

Love and regards,

Sreenadh