Dergi Bursa / Ocak - Şubat 2018 / Sayı 47

33 • Buzcu Beys from Bursa appointed by the Sultan following the conquest of Bursa carried the ice they cut from Uludağ Ulubuzluk to the Ottoman palace for centuries. • The aşşabs (botanist) of the Palace head off to Mount Keşiş to collect herbs with the falling of the third cemre (radiations of heat believed to fall from the sky). • Lumber trade makes up the foundation of the economy of the region. Marmara kancabaş boats and galleys are built at the Ottoman shipyards using lumber brought down from Mount Meşiş. The wood used by bakers, weavers and households are carried over to the city of Bursa over the river that is named after Miss Nilüfer, spouse of Sultan Orhan. • Uludağ attracts the attention of many local and foreign botanists due to its plant diversity. There were about 1000 plant samples of 300 species collected from around Uludağ and Bursa in the Natural History Museum established by Hungarian Dr. Abdullah Bey (Dr. Karl Eduard Hammerschmidt) at the Mekteb-i Tıbbiye-i Şahane. Dr. Abdullah Bey arranged the Uludağ alpine plants and the plants collected from around Bursa according to a new method and displayed them in 20 glass panels and this method received a bronze award during the 1867 Paris International Exhibition. It has been determined as a result of the studies carried out until today that 1320 plant species 171 of which are endemic to the region form the Uludağ flora. • Mount Keşiş of the Byzantine and the Ottoman Empires was named as “Uludağ” on September 24, 1925 that is 599 years after the conquest with the suggestion of Dr. Osman Şevki Bey following a 10 day trip to the region together with the Geography Commissions of the provinces of Bursa and Istanbul. Reference: Serdar Kuşku