There was a holy land where all kinds of animals and plants lived, with wide and lush forests, where time found harmony in dates, where squirrels jumped from one tree to another without descending to the ground. There was an ancient country around which there were vineyards and tulips enchanted the world. The blood red watermelons were legendary. It was a country where the Tigris river was circling and protecting it. Resembling the necklace of a river, the pearl of Mesopotamia was a corner of heaven. It was the holy land above the Hevsel gardens.