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History => Ancient and Medieval History => Topic started by: eques on May 15, 2017, 01:09:54 AM

Title: Did Arab Conquest Soldiers wear Turbans?
Post by: eques on May 15, 2017, 01:09:54 AM
Wondering if I can recycle some of my Crusade era Saracens as Arab Conquest.
Title: Re: Did Arab Conquest Soldiers wear Turbans?
Post by: Duncan Head on May 15, 2017, 08:37:29 AM
Yes, some did - http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/amama-or-ammama-arabic-emama-the-turban - but perhaps more for chiefs than commoners (https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=SxPyHsFzNMIC&pg=PA64&lpg=PA64&dq=origins+of+arab+turban&source=bl&ots=xE5qQLPdW7&sig=R_WRNeEtAq_Owl-jyi7sI0q8vhU&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiriabNsfHTAhUHDsAKHR9KAz04ChDoAQgmMAE#v=onepage&q=origins%20of%20arab%20turban&f=false), and whether it was quite the same style of turban as later, I do not know.