Tulumba or Bamiyeh (Persian: بامیه; Arabic: بلح الشام) is a deep-fried dessert found in Egypt, Turkey and the regional cuisines of the former Ottoman Empire.
Tulumba literally means 'pump' in Turkish, deriving from the Italian tromba.
In Hejazi it is called ṭurumba (Arabic: طُرُمْبَة) directly from Italian: tromba, but in Egyptian and some Arab cuisines it is called balaḥ ash-Shām (Arabic: بلح الشام), literally "Syrian dates" or "Damascene dates," though the name may have come from "şambali", another Turkish dessert (the "Şam" in "şambali" corresponding to "Shām" in "balaḥ ash-Shām" and both referring to Damascus).
In Iraqi cuisine it is known as datli (Arabic: داطلي), directly coming from Turkish word tatlı.
It is made from a yogurt[citation needed] and starch based dough, which is fried before being dipped in syrup.