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Here are Some Information About Our Glossary Database of Persian Clothes

A

Aba

Ahram

Aqal

Araqcin

Arkhaloq

Asali

Azar

B

Babosh

Badan

Bagaltaq

Band

Bashloq

Barrakan

Bogoltag

Bord

Bornos

Borqa

C

Chador

Chakma

Chaqchur

Charoq

Charqad

Chasbak

Chashmaviz

Chuka

D

Dalq

Daman

Daniyye

Dastar

Dastkesh

Deyhim

Dolaq

Dorraa

Dowaj

E

Emama

Ezar

F

Faraji

Futa

G

Gaba

Gabgab

Galansowa

Gamis

Giar

Giva

Goluta

Gortag

H

Hamayel

Hazarmikhi

Hebare

Hejab

J

Jama

Jarmog

Jelbab

Jeliqa

Jeqqa

Jobba

Jormoq

Jowshan

Jurab

K

Kafsh

Kajim

Kalagi

Kamar

Kamarband

Kapannak

Kesa

Khafiyye

Khaftan

Khamar

Khamisa

Khelat

Kherqa

Khof

Khomr

Khud

Kofiyye

Kolah

Kolija

Korta

Kosti

Kot

L

Labbada

Lachak

Lebis

Lesam

Long

M

Maknow

Mendil

Mentag

Meqnaa

Mert

Mochpich

Moraqqa

Muza

N

Nalayn

Neqab

Nimtana

O

Orsi

P

Pachila

Pachin

Pajama

Palik

Paltow

Panam

Papich

Papush

Pataba

Patak

Picha

Pirahan

Pustin

Putin

Q

Qaba

Qamis

Qazhagand

R

Ranin

Reda

Rosafiyye

Ruband

Rusari

S

Sados

Saragush

Sarandaz

Sarband

Sardari

Sarmoj

Sedra

Serbal

Shab Kolah

Shal

Shal Kolah

Shalita

Shamla

Shashiyye

Shenel

Showla

Sodra

Suf

T

Taj

Take

Takhfifa

Taqiya

Tark

Taylasan

That al hanak

Toban

Tonoka

V

Vegaye

Veshah

Y

Yal

Yalak

Z

Zereh

Zonnar

Some  Example

Taylasān

 

This clothing article served as a long veil that covered the entire body, however it lacked any kinds of sleeves as well as stichings. The Taylasan was made to be mainly used by scholars, however in later years it was specifically to be worn by clergymen. Taylasan, drawing it's name from Talesch and Taleschan, was the traditional clothing of the people of Talesch, a cold and mountainous region in the province of Ghilān , in Persia . Later this clothing article was adopted by the Arabs, in the Western part op Persia , since they stated that " the Prophet of Islam wore a Taylasan aswell". It is known that the Persian culture has made great use of this clothing item, at least throughout the Sassanian dynasty and even in the Southeren parts of Persia . Since the Taylasan was used as a high class clothing article it was not only limited to be used by men. Eventhough the navy colored Taylasan was most popular among women, it could also be aquired in black, blue, green, white, and yellow colors. The black color was exclusively for the clergymen. Their garment was to be long and made of silk from Bam, a city near Kerman of Persia, and was regularely accessorized with decorative margins. The young templars who had not yet reached the more advanced stages would not wear their Taylasan, but carry it folded on their shoulder. A number of Abbasid caliphs, Saffarids Rulers, Samanid and Buyid ministers, aswell as Ghaznavid teachers and historians ( 3rd and 4th centuries), and specially judges made use of the Taylasan. Sufies believed that the Taylasan was to be put on solely by their authorized elders. Furthermore the Taylasan producing cities of Persia are cities near as well as around Qumis and Abeskon, near today's Gorgān; Surra, near Kashan; Tabarestan, today’s Mazandaran; Rayy, South of Tehran; and Bam, near Kerman. Manuscript miniatures of Al-Bulhan, Al-Hariri’s Maqāmāt, Moukhtar al-Hikam are where one can find the most outstanding images of a Tylasan.(1)

1- Supuler,B; Iran in frǜh-Islamischer zeit,Wiesbadan,1952,Pp.516-517 ; Papadopoulo,A;Mazenod; L’Islam et l’art musulman,Paris,1969,P.131,No 29 ; Lewis,B;C.Pellat;E.Bosworth; The world of Islam faith,people,culthre, London, 1976,P.23,No 16,P.106,No 20 ; Stilman,Y.,N,Stilman.,T,Majda.Libas, Encyclopedie of Islam,ed 2 ,vol V,p.753,Pl.XL,No 6 ; Chitsaz,M.R.History of Iranian costumes, from the beginning of the Islamic Era to the Mongol Invasion. Tehran ,2000,Pp.35-45,59-92,123-137,151-187,221-224 ;

Kandys

 

This ankle long garment is to be open in the front and, as noticed has fairly long and unusually tight sleeves, thus was generally not worn, but carried on the shoulders. Needed to be said is, that it is believed that the only time the Kandys was put on completely, (putting of the arms completely into the sleeves), was by nobels attending the king's parade. Connected at the end of the long and tight sleeves are oval shaped pieces of fabric, that if in cold weathers the Kandys was to be worn this would protect the back of the hand as well as the fingers from the cold weather. On the back of the shoulders one can notice a triangular section of fabric that is believed to have had the purpose of a head cover. The Kandys was used in the cold tempered areas of Persia , and the first to make use of this clothing item were the Medes, the first Aryan governments. The edges of the open front of the Kandys, consisted of fur margins, infact at times the entire garment was made of fur or other extra sturdy materials. The word Kandys originates from the Persian language. In order to find the origins of the word one needs to look up the word Kan-Su-Ka, in Elamit; Kandu-Kantu, in Old Persian and Kanzu-Ka, in Media, however the root of all these words is Kan , which means; to wear or to put on. The most primitive source, that has spoken of the Kandys is of Xenophon, a Greek historian who lived in Persian, among the Achaemenid court. He has spoken of the Kandys in his two works: Anābasis and Cyropaedia. The Kandys was mainly worn by Achaemenid as well as Media kings and nobels such as the Achaemenid Cyrus(Kourosh), who enjoyed wearing the Kandys in a purple hue, or may be Darius III who could have had his Kandys decorated with golden eagle designs. Some number of the Persian governers in Small Asia, today's Turkey , also wore the Kandys, such as Autophradat.­­­­­­(1)

1- Xenophon.Cyropaedia,I.3,VIII.3 ; Idem.Anabasis,I.5 ; Schmidt,E.F.Persepolis, Chicago,1953-1970,Vol I,Pl.35 ;Kantor,H.J.Achaemenid jewelry in the oriental institute,JNES,XVI,1957,Pp.6-8,Pl.XI ; Thompson,G.Iranian dress in the Achaemenian period,IRAN,III.1965,P.122,No 13 ; Walser,G.Die völkerschaften auf den reliefs von Persepolis,Berlin,1966,Pls.16,54 ; Hinz,W.Altiranische funde und forschungen,Berlin,1969,P.72

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