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Agal (accessory)

Index Agal (accessory)

An agal (عِقَال; also spelled iqal, egal, or igal) is an Arab men's clothing accessory. [1]

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  1. 29 relations: Arab culture, Arabian Peninsula, Arabs, Bahrain, Bisht (clothing), Deir ez-Zor, Ernst Herzfeld, Ghutrah, Goat, Hauran, Iraq, Izaar, Jordan, Keffiyeh, Khuzestani Arabs, Litham, Negev, Palestinian territories, Pre-Islamic Arabia, Relief, Semitic people, Sharqia Governorate, Shemagh, Sinai Peninsula, Sirwal, Susa, Syria, Taqiyah (cap), Thawb.

  2. Arabic clothing
  3. Islamic male clothing
  4. Middle Eastern clothing
  5. Yemeni clothing

Arab culture

Arab culture is the culture of the Arabs, from the Atlantic Ocean in the west to the Arabian Sea in the east, in a region of the Middle East and North Africa known as the Arab world.

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Arabian Peninsula

The Arabian Peninsula (شِبْهُ الْجَزِيرَة الْعَرَبِيَّة,, "Arabian Peninsula" or جَزِيرَةُ الْعَرَب,, "Island of the Arabs"), or Arabia, is a peninsula in West Asia, situated northeast of Africa on the Arabian Plate.

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Arabs

The Arabs (عَرَب, DIN 31635:, Arabic pronunciation), also known as the Arab people (الشَّعْبَ الْعَرَبِيّ), are an ethnic group mainly inhabiting the Arab world in West Asia and North Africa.

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Bahrain

Bahrain (Two Seas, locally), officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, is an island country in West Asia.

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Bisht (clothing)

A bisht (بِشْت; plural: بِشُوت bishūt and بْشُوت bshūt), known in some Arabic spoken dialects as mishlaḥ (Arabic: مِشْلَح) or ʿabāʾ (Arabic: عَبَاء), is a traditional men’s cloak popular in the Arab world, and worn in general for thousands of years. Agal (accessory) and bisht (clothing) are Arabic clothing, Islamic male clothing and Middle Eastern clothing.

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Deir ez-Zor

Deir ez-Zor (Dayru z-Zawr / Dayru z-Zūr; Syriac: ܕܝܪܐ ܙܥܘܪܬܐ, Dayrāʾ Zəʿōrtāʾ) is the largest city in eastern Syria and the seventh largest in the country.

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Ernst Herzfeld

Ernst Emil Herzfeld (23 July 1879 – 20 January 1948) was a German archaeologist and Iranologist.

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Ghutrah

The ghutrah (label) is a white traditional headdress worn by men in the Arabian Peninsula, Levant, Sinai Peninsula, Iraq, and the Ahvaz region in Iran.

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Goat

The goat or domestic goat (Capra hircus) is a species of domesticated goat-antelope that is mostly kept as livestock.

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Hauran

The Hauran (Ḥawrān; also spelled Hawran or Houran) is a region that spans parts of southern Syria and northern Jordan.

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Iraq

Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in West Asia and a core country in the geopolitical region known as the Middle East.

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Izaar

An izaar, also izar or ʾizār (إِزَار), also known as ṣārūn (صارون), futah (فُوطَة), maʿawaz (مَعَوَز), wizar (وِزَار), maqtab (مَقْطَب) is a traditional lower garment that is frequently used by men in Oman, Somalia, United Arab Emirates and Yemen. Agal (accessory) and izaar are Arabic clothing and Yemeni clothing.

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Jordan

Jordan, officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia.

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Keffiyeh

The keffiyeh or kufiyyeh (coif), also known in Arabic as a hattah (label), is a traditional headdress worn by men from parts of the Middle East. Agal (accessory) and keffiyeh are Arabic clothing, Headgear, Islamic male clothing, Middle Eastern clothing and Yemeni clothing.

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Khuzestani Arabs

Khuzestani Arabs are the Arabic speaking inhabitants of the Khuzestan province and the largest Arabic speaking community in Iran which primarily reside in the western half of Khuzestan.

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Litham

Litham (lithām, sometimes pronounced lifam) is a mouth-veil which the Tuareg and other North African nomads, particularly men, have traditionally used to cover the lower part of their face. Agal (accessory) and Litham are Headgear and Islamic male clothing.

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Negev

The Negev (hanNégev) or Negeb (an-Naqab) is a desert and semidesert region of southern Israel.

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Palestinian territories

The Palestinian territories, also known as the Occupied Palestinian Territory, consist of the West Bank (including East Jerusalem) and the Gaza Strip—two regions of the former British Mandate for Palestine that have been occupied by Israel since the Six-Day War of 1967.

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Pre-Islamic Arabia

Pre-Islamic Arabia, referring to the Arabian Peninsula before Muhammad's first revelation in 610 CE, is referred to in Islam in the context of, highlighting the prevalence of paganism throughout the region at the time.

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Relief

Relief is a sculptural method in which the sculpted pieces remain attached to a solid background of the same material.

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Semitic people

Semitic people or Semites is an obsolete term for an ethnic, cultural or racial group by: "In linguistics context, the term "Semitic" is generally speaking non-controversial...

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Sharqia Governorate

Sharqia Governorate (محافظة الشرقية,, rural) is the 3rd most populous of the governorates of Egypt.

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Shemagh

The shemagh (label) is a is a traditional headdress worn by men in the Arabian Peninsula, Levant, Sinai Peninsula, Iraq, and the Ahvaz region in Iran.

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Sinai Peninsula

The Sinai Peninsula, or simply Sinai (سِينَاء; سينا; Ⲥⲓⲛⲁ), is a peninsula in Egypt, and the only part of the country located in Asia.

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Sirwal

Sirwal, also sherwal, saroual, seroual, sarouel or serouelSmith, Robin (1996) At Google Books. Agal (accessory) and Sirwal are Arabic clothing, Islamic male clothing and Middle Eastern clothing.

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Susa

Susa (Middle translit; Middle and Neo-translit; Neo-Elamite and Achaemenid translit; Achaemenid translit; شوش; שׁוּשָׁן; Σοῦσα; ܫܘܫ; 𐭮𐭥𐭱𐭩 or 𐭱𐭥𐭮; 𐏂𐎢𐏁𐎠) was an ancient city in the lower Zagros Mountains about east of the Tigris, between the Karkheh and Dez Rivers in Iran.

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Syria

Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant.

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Taqiyah (cap)

The Taqiyah (طاقية, ALA-LC: ṭāqīyahTurkish: "takke", Urdu, Hindi "topi", टोपी ٹوپی, ALA-LC: "ṭopī", টুপি, ṭupi, Somali: "Koofi")), also known as tagiyah or araqchin, is a short, rounded skullcap worn by Muslim men. In the United States and the United Kingdom, it is also referred to as a "kufi", although the Kufi typically has more of an African connotation. Agal (accessory) and Taqiyah (cap) are Arabic clothing, Islamic male clothing and Middle Eastern clothing.

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Thawb

Thawb or thobe (ثَوْب), is an Arab garment worn by inhabitants of the Arabian Peninsula. Agal (accessory) and Thawb are Arabic clothing, Middle Eastern clothing and Yemeni clothing.

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See also

Arabic clothing

Islamic male clothing

Middle Eastern clothing

Yemeni clothing

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agal_(accessory)

Also known as Igaal, Iqal, , عقال.