Rayah, Mocha & Yemen Coffee (1801)
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A SURVEY OF THE TURKISH EMPIRE
by W. Efon
Third edition
London: T Cadell
1801
A bit more from this book...The Detroit Red Wings just defeated the
Carolina Hurricanes in the third overtime. Oh, there's gotta be another
sports event on tv somewhere.
Pg. 97: Every _raya_ (that is, every subject who is not of the Mahomedian
religion)...
(OED has 1813 for "rayah"--ed.)
Pg. 230: ...Yemen coffee...
Pg. 231: ...Mocha coffee...
(OED has 1773 for "Mocco," and the next cite for "Mocha coffee" is 1819--ed.)
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