Battoulah

A woman wearing the Battoulah

Battoulah (Persian: بطوله،بتوله, romanizedal-baṭṭūleh), also called Gulf Burqah (Arabic: البرقع الخليجي),[1][note 1] is a metallic-looking fashion mask traditionally worn by in southern Iran [5][6] Muslim[7][8] Arab women. The mask is mainly worn in the Persian Gulf region, including Bahrain, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Iraq and Qatar The mask usually indicates that the wearer is married.[1] Historically, it was also used to fool enemies into thinking that the women they spied from a distance were actually men.[9]

  1. ^ a b "History Project: The burqa". The National. 1 December 2014.
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  3. ^ "In pictures: Iran and the masks of the Minab market". The Middle East Eye. 7 February 2019.
  4. ^ "The beautiful Iranian women captured in their boregheh masks". News Nation TV. 11 February 2019.
  5. ^ Foundation, Encyclopaedia Iranica. "Welcome to Encyclopaedia Iranica". iranicaonline.org. Retrieved 2024-06-16.
  6. ^ Hameli, Asmaa Al (2014-12-01). "History Project: The burqa". The National. Retrieved 2024-06-16.
  7. ^ Brydon, Lynne; Chant, Sylvia H. (11 August 1989). Women in the Third World: Gender Issues in Rural and Urban Areas. Rutgers University Press. p. 29 – via Internet Archive. batula islamic.
  8. ^ Qazi, Moin (11 August 2018). Women In Islam- Exploring New Paradigms. Notion Press. ISBN 9789384878030 – via Google Books.
  9. ^ "The masked women of southern Iran". Qanatara.de. Retrieved 8 September 2021.


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