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" Coffee and coffeehouses, Iran - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Matthee, Rudolph P.
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English
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1061285
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ALei1682
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Matthee, Rudolph P.
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Coffee and coffeehouses, Iran - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Matthee, Rudolph P.
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Leiden: Brill
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Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
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(2,664 words)
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The beginnings of coffee and coffeehouses in Iran are unclear. The history of coffee (Pers., bunn , the beans, qahva(t) , the drink), is told variously, but it seems that the plant and the drink crossed the Red Sea from its place of origin in the Ethiopian highlands and spread to Yemen and beyond as early as the eighth/fourteenth century. Because it enhanced the wakefulness required for nocturnal worship, coffee was initially associated with Ṣūfīs. It is unclear exactly when coffee was introduced into Iran, probably by pilgrims returning from
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Islam.
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ALei1682.pdf
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