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Khat

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1065

The earliest printed reference to khat is found in the Kitab al-Saidana fi al-Tibb, a work on pharmacy and materia medica written by Abu al-Biruni

Khat was described as "A commodity from Turkestan. It is sour to taste and slenderly made in the manner of batan-alu. But qat is reddish with a slight blackish tinge."

References
Kiple K, Ornelas K. The Cambridge World History of Food. Cambridge University Press. 2000.

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