Bisht (clothing)

For the Indian title of nobility, see Bisht.
King Faisal of Saudi Arabia shakes hands with President Richard Nixon of the United States, while wearing a black bisht, in 1974.

A bisht Arabic: بشت‎‎, from Persian: پشت‎‎) is a traditional men’s cloak popular in Arabia and some Arab countries. Persia was where the clothing Bisht and its name originated.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15] It is essentially a flowing outer cloak made of wool, worn over the thobe. Unlike the thobe, it is usually black, brown, beige, cream or grey in colour. As winters are warm in this region, the bisht is usually only worn for prestige on special occasions such as weddings, or festivals such as Eid, or for Friday prayer. In Iraq it is worn by tribal chiefs. The bisht is also worn by East African nobility, including tribal chiefs, kings, and imams, over a kanzu or tunic.

In Saudi Arabia, the Bisht of quality is made of camel hair.

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References

  1. ↑ http://www.arabnews.com/fashion/traditional-modern-saudi-mans-bisht
  2. ↑ http://www.urbanarabian.net/product/b-sweater-over-sized-sweater
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  4. ↑ https://embroideryforducks.com/2011/04/27/saudi-arabian-bisht/
  5. ↑ http://www.hasanews.com/32634.html
  6. ↑ http://www.folkculturebh.org/ar/index.php?issue=2&page=showarticle&id=237
  7. ↑ http://www.abuhaleeqa.net/m_s_data/data/bisht.htm
  8. ↑ ناصر حسين العبّودي (1987). الأزياء الشعبية الرجالية في دولة الإمارات وسلطنة عمان. مركز التراث الشعبي لدول الخليج العربية،. pp. 121, 127, 129.
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  10. ↑ http://dar.bibalex.org/webpages/mainpage.jsf?PID=DAF-Job:57506
  11. ↑ http://altibrah.ae/book/7874
  12. ↑ http://www.raya.com/File/Get/2e58845b-9cc2-428c-abd1-c56523208548
  13. ↑ Najlā Ismāʻīl al-ʻIzzī al-Wahhābī (2003). أزياء قطرية. جمعية الفن الإسلامي،. p. 12. ISBN 978-0-9544445-2-5.
  14. ↑ S. D. Goitein (1983). A Mediterranean Society: Daily life. University of California Press. pp. 464–. ISBN 978-0-520-04869-0.
  15. ↑ Abū al-Maḥāsin Yūsuf Ibn Taghrībirdī (1960). History of Egypt, 1382-1469 A.D.: 1382-1399 A.D. University of California Press. p. 108.

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