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- P. 375 "Several new orders have just reached our governor, from the king. Some of them are the following; viz, Every landholders must set out a thousand young trees; no beggars may be tolerated, except the lame, the sick and the blind; every man who shall appear in the garb of a Dervish must be compelled to become a soldier; no person may talk about being king-of his doing this or that-but each must occupy himself with his own business...The propriety of the other orders is readily obvious to one who witnesses the hosts of beggars that swarm in the streets of these Eastern countries, and especially the dervishes, who are as numerous and profligate in Persia as the Friars and Capuchins and other vagrant monks in Spain and Italy. These disgusting vagabonds wear long, bushy hair, dangling down upon their shoulders,-carry a fantastic knotty club in the hand-sometimes a hatchet in the girdle-and half of a huge cocoa-nut shell, furnished with a cord as a handle, upon the arm in which to receive charity." This image of a dervish shows him wearing a long, belted tunic; cloak over one shoulder; a conical hat with an ornament dangling off the tip; an alms dish; and a walking stick.
- Date Created:
- 1843-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Costume History Collection
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- P. 382 "One striking peculiarity in the dress of the Koords is the broadness of the sleeves of their shirts. The Pashâ's are at least a yard and a half in breadth at the wristband. They have the appearance of coolness and comfort in summer. We inquired whether they did not encumber him in war; in reply to which, without saying a word, he rolled up both sleeves to the elbow, in a twinkling, winding the long tapered skirt in which they terminate, tightly around the folds; and then brandished his arms, with fists doubled, - giving us a very vivid impression of the expertness and power of the wild Koord, in connexion with the graceful ease of the polished chief. The material of the Pashâ's shirt was white silk gauze, His robe was of beautiful striped silk. His whole dress gives him an air of great dignity, which is fully sustained by his fine features, graceful motions and easy manners." This image of a Pashâ shows the wide shirt sleeves with a tippet at the end over which he is wearing the caba (Shoberl 1845, p. 34) or qaba (Vogelsang-Eastwood, p. 9). His caba is cinched with a belt that also hold his dagger. Under his caba he is wearing full length shalwar. Over this ensemble he wears a short green jacket and a longer jacket or coat, a kolija (Vogelsang-Eastwood, p. 10). His headdress consists of a tall fabric hat with the crown being trimmed in a thing red band with fabric hanging from a this trim and covering his hair. There is what appears to be a red felt scull cap with blue tassel attached some way to the back of the fabric hat.
- Date Created:
- 1843-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Costume History Collection