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An ”’agal”’ ({{langx|ar|عِقَال}}; also spelled ”’iqal”’, ”’egal”’, or ”’igal”’) is a clothing accessory traditionally worn by [[Arabs|Arab]] men. It is a doubled black cord used to keep a [[keffiyeh]] in place on the wearer’s head.<ref>Oxford English Dictionary. Second Edition, 1989.</ref> Agals are traditionally made of [[goat]] or [[camel]] hair.<ref>[https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/agal Merriam-Webster definition], online edition</ref> Modern agals typically use cord manufactured for this purpose (rulers of [[Bahrain]] in particular are known for wearing elaborate agal designs), but plain rope is still occasionally utilized.{{sfn | Lindisfarne | Ingham | 1997 | p=45}} |
An ”’agal”’ ({{langx|ar|عِقَال}}; also spelled ”’iqal”’, ”’egal”’, or ”’igal”’) is a clothing accessory traditionally worn by [[Arabs|Arab]] men. It is a doubled black cord used to keep a [[keffiyeh]] in place on the wearer’s head.<ref>Oxford English Dictionary. Second Edition, 1989.</ref> Agals are traditionally made of [[goat]] or [[camel]] hair.<ref>[https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/agal Merriam-Webster definition], online edition</ref> Modern agals typically use cord manufactured for this purpose (rulers of [[Bahrain]] in particular are known for wearing elaborate agal designs), but plain rope is still occasionally utilized.{{sfn | Lindisfarne | Ingham | 1997 | p=45}} |
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It is traditionally worn by Arabs from the [[Arabian Peninsula]], [[Iraq]], [[Jordan]], parts of [[Palestinian territories|Palestine]], the [[Negev]] in Israel, [[Deir ez-Zor]] and [[Hauran]] in Syria, [[Sinai Peninsula|Sinai]] and [[Sharqia Governorate|Sharqia]] in Egypt), and by [[Ahwazi Arabs]]. |
It is traditionally worn by Arabs from the [[Arabian Peninsula]], [[Iraq]], [[Jordan]], parts of [[Palestinian territories|Palestine]], the [[Negev]] in Israel, [[Deir ez-Zor]] and [[Hauran]] in Syria, [[Sinai Peninsula|Sinai]] and [[Sharqia Governorate|Sharqia]] in Egypt), and by [[Ahwazi Arabs]]. |
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The use of the agal and [[ghutra]] is dated through antiquities including [[bas-relief]]s and statues going back to ancient times. The agal is traced in [[Semitic people|Semitic]]<ref>Walther Hinz, ”Lost World of Elam”, pp. 20-21: In referring to dark-skinned Susa in a bas-relief wearing agal: “These must be Elamites from the hinterland. Even today dark-skinned men, in no way negroid, are often to be seen in Khuzistan. They consider themselves for the most part as ‘Arabs’, and speak ‘Arabic’ among themselves. It seems likely that the population even of Ancient Elam was a mixed one, consisting of dark-skinned aboriginals of uncertain race and of ‘Semites’, who had infiltrated from Mesopotamia in repeated incursions since the Akkad period”.</ref> and Middle Eastern civilizations and even in [[Pre-Islamic Arabia|ancient Arabian kingdoms]]. In his book ”Iran in the Ancient East”, the archaeologist and Iranologist [[Ernst Herzfeld]], in referring to the [[Susa]] bas-reliefs, points to the ancient agal as unique headwear of Elamites that distinguished them from other nations. |
The use of the agal and [[ghutra]] is dated through antiquities including [[bas-relief]]s and statues going back to ancient times. The agal is traced in [[Semitic people|Semitic]]<ref>Walther Hinz, ”Lost World of Elam”, pp. 20-21: In referring to dark-skinned Susa in a bas-relief wearing agal: “These must be Elamites from the hinterland. Even today dark-skinned men, in no way negroid, are often to be seen in Khuzistan. They consider themselves for the most part as ‘Arabs’, and speak ‘Arabic’ among themselves. It seems likely that the population even of Ancient Elam was a mixed one, consisting of dark-skinned aboriginals of uncertain race and of ‘Semites’, who had infiltrated from Mesopotamia in repeated incursions since the Akkad period”.</ref> and Middle Eastern civilizations and even in [[Pre-Islamic Arabia|ancient Arabian kingdoms]]. In his book ”Iran in the Ancient East”, the archaeologist and Iranologist [[Ernst Herzfeld]], in referring to the [[Susa]] bas-reliefs, points to the ancient agal as unique headwear of Elamites that distinguished them from other nations. |
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Band or string worn by men to secure a keffiyeh or headcloth
An agal (Arabic: عِقَال; also spelled iqal, egal, or igal) is a clothing accessory traditionally worn by Arab men. It is a doubled black cord used to keep a keffiyeh in place on the wearer’s head.[1] Agals are traditionally made of goat or camel hair.[2] Modern agals typically use cord manufactured for this purpose (rulers of Bahrain in particular are known for wearing elaborate agal designs), but plain rope is still occasionally utilized.
It is traditionally worn by Arabs from the Arabian Peninsula, Iraq, Jordan, parts of Palestine, the Negev in Israel, Deir ez-Zor and Hauran and Rural Areas like Rif Dimashq and Homs and Aleppo countrysides and Hama in Syria, Sinai and Sharqia in Egypt), and by Ahwazi Arabs.
The use of the agal and ghutra is dated through antiquities including bas-reliefs and statues going back to ancient times. The agal is traced in Semitic[4] and Middle Eastern civilizations and even in ancient Arabian kingdoms. In his book Iran in the Ancient East, the archaeologist and Iranologist Ernst Herzfeld, in referring to the Susa bas-reliefs, points to the ancient agal as unique headwear of Elamites that distinguished them from other nations.
- ^ Oxford English Dictionary. Second Edition, 1989.
- ^ Merriam-Webster definition, online edition
- ^ Walther Hinz, Lost World of Elam, pp. 20-21: In referring to dark-skinned Susa in a bas-relief wearing agal: “These must be Elamites from the hinterland. Even today dark-skinned men, in no way negroid, are often to be seen in Khuzistan. They consider themselves for the most part as ‘Arabs’, and speak ‘Arabic’ among themselves. It seems likely that the population even of Ancient Elam was a mixed one, consisting of dark-skinned aboriginals of uncertain race and of ‘Semites’, who had infiltrated from Mesopotamia in repeated incursions since the Akkad period”.
