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Agal (accessory)

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292:, pp. 20-21: In referring to dark-skinned Susa in a bas-relief wearing agal: "These must be Elamites from the hinterland. Even today dark-skinned men, in no way negroid, are often to be seen in Khuzistan. They consider themselves for the most part as 'Arabs', and speak 'Arabic' among themselves. It seems likely that the population even of Ancient Elam was a mixed one, consisting of dark-skinned aboriginals of uncertain race and of 'Semites', who had infiltrated from Mesopotamia in repeated incursions since the Akkad period". 29: 319: 349: 192:
bas-reliefs, points to the ancient agal as unique headwear of Elamites that distinguished them from other nations.
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in particular are known for wearing elaborate agal designs), but plain rope is still occasionally utilized.
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hair. Modern agals typically use cord manufactured for this purpose (rulers of
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men's clothing accessory. It is a black cord, worn doubled, used to keep a
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and statues going back to ancient times. The agal is traced in
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Band or string worn by men to secure a keffiyeh or headcloth
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Bahraini
Arab clothing
Goat hair
Arabian Peninsula
Arabic
Arab
ghutrah
goat
Bahrain
Arabian Peninsula
Iraq
Jordan
Palestine
Syria
Negev
Deir ez-Zor
Hauran
Sinai
Sharqia
Ahwazi Arabs
ghutra
bas-reliefs
Semitic
ancient Arabian kingdoms
Ernst Herzfeld
Susa
Shemagh
Bisht
Izar

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