Peshawari pagri

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Amir Chand Bombwal, Peshwar editor wearing a Peshawari Turban
Mirza Masroor Ahmad wearing a Peshawari Turban

Peshawari Pagri is the traditional Pashtun-style turban worn in Peshawar. It is worn not only by the local Muslims, but was also used by the Hindus.[1]

It is a two-piece headgear. One piece is a dome-shaped hard cap or kulla, generally embroidered with golden thread.[2] The other piece, called lungi, consists of a long and narrow piece of cotton cloth (not to be confused with a waist cloth wrapped in some regions). The Punjabi pagri is similar with a softer cap. It has a fan-shaped turra (crest) and a tail termed shamla.[3]

Subhas Chandra Bose had used a Peshawari turban to disguise himself as a Pathan in 1941 to flee from the British territory.[4]

During the British rule a similar turban was part of the dress for some government peons.[5]

Pagri in ancient Gandhara

Wearing a turban was common in ancient Gandhara as well in other parts of India (see Pagri in Ancient India).

In the ancient Gandhara turban, the turra was in the center, behind a kalgi ornament.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Sweet Chillies, Balraj Khanna Constable, 1991 Page 79.
  2. ↑ The Turbans (Pugrees) of Pakistan, September 24, 2008, All Things Pakistan, http://pakistaniat.com/2008/09/24/turban-pugree-pug-pakistan
  3. ↑ Pakistan: an introduction, Herbert Feldman, Edition 2, Oxford University Press, 1968
  4. ↑ Subhas Chandra Bose: Netaji's passage to immortality, Subodh Markandeya, Arnold Publishers, Dec 1, 1990, p. 147
  5. ↑ In The Districts Of The Raj, Y.D. Gundevia,1992, p. 30

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Gandhara pagri gallery from major museums (1st-3rd century CE)

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