Robe of honour

Mahmud of Ghazni dons a robe of honour sent by the Abbasid caliph al-Qadir

A robe of honour (Arabic: خلعة, romanizedkhilʿa, plural khilaʿ, or Arabic: تشريف, romanizedtashrīf, pl. tashārif or tashrīfāt[1]) was a term designating rich garments given by medieval and early modern Islamic rulers to subjects as tokens of honour, often as part of a ceremony of appointment to a public post, or as a token of confirmation or acceptance of vassalage of a subordinate ruler. They were usually produced in government factories and decorated with the inscribed bands known as ṭirāz.

  1. ^ Stillmann 1986, p. 6.

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