Agal (accessory)

"Agal" redirects here. For other uses, see Agal (disambiguation).
A Bahraini man wearing agal.

The agal (Arabic: عقال‎, ‘iqāl: "bond" or "rope"), also spelled iqal, egal or igal, is an accessory worn usually by Arab men. It is a black cord, worn doubled, used to keep the ghutrah in place on the wearer's head.[1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Oxford English Dictionary. Second Edition, 1989.