Qaba

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Enthroned person wearing a Qaba dress with tiraz armbands, Kashan, late 12th-early 13th century CE.[1]

Qaba (Persian: قبا‎ qabā) is a long coat with sleeves and buttons, similar to a cassock, open at the front. A qaba is similar to a wadded coat. It is considered as a piece of clothing of Turkic origin.[2]

The Mughal emperors wore ankle-length garments. The outfits during the reign of Babur and Humayun are more or less the same, i.e. qaba, jama, pirahan, jilucha, jiba and kasaba. Unlike the jama, which was a four-pointed long-coat the Qaba and takauchia were of a broad girth at the bottom. There are mentions of the qaba in the Baburnama. At present, Qaba is one of the essential parts of the dress of the Islamic clerics or mosque leaders.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]

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Gallery[edit]

  • Royal drinking scene in the Dukhang at Alchi Monastery, circa 1200 CE. The king wears a decorated Qabā'.[11]

    Royal drinking scene in the Dukhang at Alchi Monastery, circa 1200 CE. The king wears a decorated Qabā'.[11]

  • Babur and his heir Humayun

    Babur and his heir Humayun

  • Late 17th century portrait of Fírúz Jang Khán, ruler of Bijapur

    Late 17th century portrait of Fírúz Jang Khán, ruler of Bijapur

  • Late 19th century "Costume of India - Moguls" picture depicting Mogul woman (upper left), Mogul Emperor Farrukhsiyar (center) died 1719, and Emperor Humayun (upper right), died in 1556

    Late 19th century "Costume of India - Moguls" picture depicting Mogul woman (upper left), Mogul Emperor Farrukhsiyar (center) died 1719, and Emperor Humayun (upper right), died in 1556

  • Vizier Qamar ud-Din circa 1735

    Vizier Qamar ud-Din circa 1735

  • Portrait of "Mogul" father with his children in Delhi (Shepherd & Robertson) circa 1863

    Portrait of "Mogul" father with his children in Delhi (Shepherd & Robertson) circa 1863

References[edit]

  1. ^ Flood, Finbarr Barry (2017). A Turk in the Dukhang? Comparative Perspectives on Elite Dress in Medieval Ladakh and the Caucasus. Austrian Academy of Science Press. p. 231.
  2. ^ Flood, Finbarr Barry (2017). A Turk in the Dukhang? Comparative Perspectives on Elite Dress in Medieval Ladakh and the Caucasus. Austrian Academy of Science Press. p. 231.
  3. ^ Balslev, Sivan (2019-03-21). Iranian Masculinities: Gender and Sexuality in Late Qajar and Early Pahlavi Iran. Cambridge University Press. p. 208. ISBN 978-1-108-47063-6.
  4. ^ Johnson, Francis (1852). A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English. Allen. p. 254.
  5. ^ Islamic Thought and Scientific Creativity: A Quarterly Journal of the COMSTECH. COMSTECH. 1992. p. 66.
  6. ^ Lal, Kishori Saran, 1920- (1988). The Mughal harem. New Delhi: Aditya Prakashan. ISBN 81-85179-03-4. OCLC 18431844.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ Agre, Jagat Vir Singh (1976). "Social Life as Reflected in the Rajput Painting During the Mughal Period". Proceedings of the Indian History Congress. 37: 569–575. ISSN 2249-1937. JSTOR 44139028.
  8. ^ "India. The Mughal Empire. Costume and fashion history". World4. 2013-09-09. Retrieved 2021-01-29.
  9. ^ Namrata Zakaria (2019-11-26). "Who made my clothes?". mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 2021-01-29.
  10. ^ "تاریخچه لباس روحانیت". خبرگزاری مهر | اخبار ایران و جهان | Mehr News Agency (in Persian). 2015-07-20. Retrieved 2021-01-29.
  11. ^ Flood, Finbarr Barry (2017). A Turk in the Dukhang? Comparative Perspectives on Elite Dress in Medieval Ladakh and the Caucasus. Austrian Academy of Science Press. p. 243.


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