Agal (accessory)

"Agal" redirects here. For other uses, see Agal (disambiguation).
A Bahraini man wearing agal.

The agal (Arabic: عقال‎‎, ‘iqāl: "bond" or "rope", in Hebrew: עיגול\Igul), also spelled iqal, egal or igal, is an accessory worn usually by Arab men. It is a black cord, worn doubled, used to keep the ghutrah in place on the wearer's head.[1]

It is usually worn by Arabs of the Arabian Peninsula (Saudi Arabia, Jordan, south of Iraq, and the Gulf Arabs), with the exception of Yemen and Oman.

See also

It is said in Aswan Egypt that each band of an Agal represents 1000 family members of the wearer.

References

  1. ↑ Oxford English Dictionary. Second Edition, 1989.
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