The Origins of the Hookah

Despite the different names you can call it with, Hookah stays the original name of the water pipe smoking device. A device that united minds and cultures, from it's early beginnings and still does to date. The hookah is believed to be invented by a by Abu’l-Fath Gilani, a Persian physician of Akbar in the Indian city of Fatehpur Sikri during Mughal India (“Hookah” 2020), the name Hookah is a derivative of "huqqa", a Hindustani word of Arabic origin (derived from حُقَّة‎ ḥuqqa, "casket, bottle, water pipe").
The Arabic name أرجيلة‎ Arguile or Narguile it derives from the Persian Narkil, which in turn comes from the Sanskrit word nārikela (नारिकेल), meaning coconut, suggesting that early hookahs were hewn from coconut shells. The Arabic name شيشة‎ shisha come from the Turkish word şişe meaning "glass bottle," is the common term for the hookah in Egypt, Sudan and countries of the former Ottoman Empire such as Arab Peninsula (including Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, UAE, Yemen and Saudi Arabia).
The hookah has over 10 names from around the world but Hookah, Shisha and Arguile stay the most common used names for it.

The Hookah was originally used to smoke Cannabis, Tobacco and Opium. Nowadays Hookah is mainly used to smoke flavored tobacco and black molasses. But with the rise of bans on flavored tobacco in many countries, companies started their lines of Alternatives to Hookah tobacco. Flow Herbal Molasses is one of the best Hookah Tobacco alternatives that is tobacco and nicotine free, a unique mixture of herbs, honey and flavorings. 

The Hookah to date remain as a cultural habit used during social gatherings along with a cup of coffee or tea and a game of backgammon.