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One of the most important of the early writers on coffee was [[Abd al-Qadir al-Jaziri]], who in 1587 compiled a work tracing the history and legal controversies of coffee entitled ''Umdat al Safwa fi hill al-qahwa'' عمدة الصفوة في حل القهوة, tracing the spread of coffee from ''Arabia Felix'' (present-day Yemen) northward to [[Mecca]] and [[Medina]], and then to the larger cities of [[Cairo]], [[Damascus]], [[Baghdad]], and [[Constantinople]]. He reported that one [[Sheikh]], Jamal-al-Din al-Dhabhani (d. 1470), [[mufti]] of Aden, was the first to adopt the use of coffee (circa 1454).
{{blockquote|He found that among its properties was that it drove away fatigue and lethargy, and brought to the body a certain sprightliness and vigour.}}
Al-Jaziri's manuscript work is of considerable interest with regard to the history of coffee in Europe as well. A copy reached the French royal library, where it was translated in part by [[Antoine Galland]] as ''De l'origine et du progrès du café'' (1699).

Translations:History of coffee/11/en - Revision history

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