According to tradition, the Yemeni port city of Mokha was founded in the 14th century by Sheikh ʿAlī ibn ʿUmar al-Shādhilī, the leader of a Sufi order (tariqa). Shādhilī is said to have been responsible for the import of coffee drinking to Arabia from Ethiopia. The town then prospered as it maintained a monopoly on coffee exports until the 18th century.
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