Nabidh

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Nabidh was an intoxicating beverage.

[edit] Umar

It is reported that Umar, the second Sunni Caliph, used it, described as a drink made from dates left to soak in water ^[1].

[edit] Ibn Fadlan

Muslim writer Ibn Fadlan states that it was drunken by the Vikings ^[2].

Brewed for ten days, nabidh was probably alcohol-based and may have included henbane, cannabis, and/or opium ^[2].

Fadlan describes the drink being given to a female slave who was sacrificed, by strangulation and stabbing, during a ship burial ceremony ^[2].

[edit] References

1. ^ History of the Caliphs by Suyuti [1]
2. ^ ^{a b c} Taylor, Timothy. The Buried Soul, Beacon Press, 2002, p.175-176