It is but one version of Arabian turbans that have been worn in the Arabian Peninsula from the pre-Islamic era to the present day. Islamic Arabs of the Arabian Peninsula region such as the Quraysh, Ansar, Qahtanites, Kindites, Nabataeans, Qedarites, Adnanites, Axumites, Himyarites, Lakhmids, Ghassanids, and others used to wear the turban alongside the Keffiyeh which is also popular today in the rest of the Arabian peninsula.

The Arabian Hejazi turban is still worn today by some Ulama and Imams.


Additionally, sometimes keffiyeh or white ghutrah are wrapped around the head in a style resembling a turban.

Suppression

However, with the Hijaz in particular falling under Saudi control, there have been attempts to suppress local ethnic dress and enforce cultural homogeneity with wider Saudi society.[1] With the introduction of a law in 1964, there was a temporary ban on wearing the traditional turban - local urban Hijazis could no longer wear them and had to instead wear the Saudi national dress that included a white Ghutrah or red and white Shemagh instead.[2]

See also

Citations

  1. ↑ Yamani, Lindisfame-Tapper & Ingham 2014, pp. 56.
  2. ↑ Al-Sulaiman 2016, p. 12.

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