Hejazi turban

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Example of white Hejazi Turban.

The Hejazi turban (Arabic: عِمَامَة‎, ʾimāmah IPA: ʕi.maː.mah), also spelled Hijazi turban, is a type of the turban headdress native to the region of Hejaz in modern-day western Saudi Arabia.

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 Quraish, Ansar, Qahtanites, Kindites, Nabateans, Qedarites, Adnanites, Himyarites, Lakhmids, Ghassanids, Arabian Jews and others used to wear the turban, as opposed to the Keffiyeh which is popular today in the Arabian peninsula.[1]

Versions[]

The Arabian Hejazi turban is still worn today by some Ulama and Imams.[citation needed]

Worn in coloured or white varities, the turban was a common inherited cultural headwear in the region of Hijaz. The Emamah was the traditional headwear for many in the region, from traders to the religious scholars, and the colours in which it was worn differed between individuals.[2]

In particular, the coloured turban is known as a Ghabanah and was a common costume for the inhabitants of Mecca, Madinah and Jeddah in particular.[3] Ghabanah today is the heritage uniform headwear for local traders and the general categories of the prestigious and middle-class. There are several types of Ghabanah, perhaps the most famous is the yellow (Halabi), that is made in Aleppo and is characterized by different inscriptions and is wrapped on a dome-like hollow taqiyah or a Turkish fez or kalpak cap. It is similar to turbans in neighbouring regions, like the masar, a traditional lightly-coloured turban in Oman that is also common in some regions like the south of Yemen and Hadhramaut.[4]

Additionally, sometimes keffiyeh or white ghutrah are wrapped around the head in a style resembling a turban.[5]

Suppression[]

However, with the Hijaz in particular falling under Saudi control, there have been attempts to suppress local ethnic dress and enforce cultural homogenity with wider Saudi society.[6] 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.[7]

See also[]

Citations[]

  1. ^ Khan 2014.
  2. ^ Yamani, Lindisfame-Tapper & Ingham 2014, pp. 57.
  3. ^ Kuonen, 2020 & 34.
  4. ^ Marrielle 2019.
  5. ^ Yamani, Lindisfame-Tapper & Ingham 2014, pp. 47.
  6. ^ Yamani, Lindisfame-Tapper & Ingham 2014, pp. 56.
  7. ^ Al-Sulaiman 2016, p. 12.

References[]

  • Al-Sulaiman, Farrah (2016). One of Us (MFA). Virginia Commonwealth University.
  • Danforth, L.M., 2016. 6. Saving Jeddah, the Bride of the Red Sea. In Crossing the Kingdom (pp. 168-185). University of California Press.
  • Kuonen, Laiza (2020). Völlig entschleiert?: Dschihad im Herzen, nicht aufm Kopf! (in German). BoD - Books on Demand. pp. 30–46. ISBN 9783752609219.
  • Marrielle, Risse (22 June 2019). "Community/Autonomy in Daily Life: People and Places". Community and Autonomy in Southern Oman. pp. 97–148. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-17004-2_3. ISBN 9783030170042. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  • Khan, Uthman (May 2014). "Islamic Clothing, Then and Now". researchgate.net. Retrieved 15 July 2021.CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  • Yamani, Mai; Lindisfame-Tapper, Nancy; Ingham, Bruce (2014). "Changing the Habits of a Lifetime: The Adaptation of Hejazi Dress to the New Social Order". Languages of Dress in the Middle East. Oxford: Routledge. pp. 55–66. ISBN 9781136803178.
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