Turban

The history of the turban .

Turban ( Persian عمامه ) - turban; male and female headdress in the form of a piece of cloth wrapped around the head, common among a number of peoples of North Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, India and Asia. A turban is usually wound around a skullcap , fez or hat; Shiite clergy wrap a turban on a bare head. It usually takes 6-8 meters of fabric to make it, but some types of turbans take up to 20 meters of fabric.

Indian Nihanga warriors (Sikh warriors) have turbans reaching 30 kg in weight and are large in size due to their contents. They are traditionally twisted from dark blue fabric and decorated with silver Sikh signs. Initially, the Nihangas put their weapons and things that they might need during the campaign in a turban. Nowadays, the Nihanga turbans are primarily of decorative or ritual significance.

In Russia, this headdress can be seen on the representatives of the Muslim clergy. Orientalists claim that in the world there were at least a thousand ways to tie turban. In modern Arab countries, the form, color, manner of wearing a turban is very diverse. It has a different number of folds, a knot in front or behind, the end hangs on the side or on the back, etc. The name is in Russian: ušyv, female fake.

All these nuances in one way or another testify to the profession, age and place of residence of the owner of the turban. In the Muslim world, turban is given special importance. This is explained by the fact that the Prophet Muhammad himself wore it, recommending that his companions do the same. One of the hadiths says that he, while preaching in the mosque, put on a black turban, and its end descended on his shoulders.

Hadiths disagree about the exact length and color of this turban. In some Hadith it is mentioned that the length of the turban of the Prophet was 7 cubits, that is, about 2.5-3 meters. It is said that the Prophet gave his beloved turban to his companion - son-in-law and cousin Ali. ^[one]