In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
MUQADDAM
Etymology
Noun
muqaddam (plural muqaddams)
Any of various Arabic or Islamic officials.
A former village headman in Bengal, through whom the government dealt with the peasants.
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