A ''kulāf'', or kolāh, is a type of cap that designated

Sasanian The Sasanian () or Sassanid Empire, officially known as the Empire of Iranians (, ) and also referred to by historians as the Neo-Persian Empire, was the last Iranian empire before the early Muslim conquests of the 7th-8th centuries AD. Named ...

nobility and official. It appears on numerous reliefs and seals of the Sasanian Empire period. The ''kulāf'' is often decorated with pearls, on the edge and on the surface of the cap. It may also be shown with an emblem or

tamgha A tamga or tamgha (from otk, 𐱃𐰢𐰍𐰀, tamga, lit=stamp, seal; tr, damga; mn, tamga; ; ); an abstract Seal (emblem), seal or Seal (emblem), stamp used by Eurasian nomads and by cultures influenced by them. The tamga was normally the e ...

on the surface. File:Sasanian seal of an official with Pahlavi insription Roz-bud, chief wine-purchaser (disputed), excavated in Northern Syria, 5th century CE British Museum 135071.jpg,

seal of an official wearing the ''kulāf'', with

Pahlavi Pahlavi may refer to: Iranian royalty *Seven Parthian clans, ruling Parthian families during the Sasanian Empire *Pahlavi dynasty, the ruling house of Imperial State of Persia/Iran from 1925 until 1979 **Reza Shah, Reza Shah Pahlavi (1878–1944 ...

inscription "Roz-bud, chief wine-purchaser" (disputed), excavated in Northern

Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...

. 5th century CE, British Museum, 135071 Sasanian seal with inscription Pahlavi "Perozhormizd, son of the Kanarang", 3rd century CE British Museum 134847.jpg, Sasanian seal with portrait of an official wearing the ''kulāf'', inscription in

"Perozhormizd, son of the

Kanarang The ''kanārang'' ( fa, کنارنگ) was a unique title in the Sasanian military, given to the commander of the Sasanian Empire's northeasternmost frontier province, Abarshahr (encompassing the cities of Nishapur, Tus and Abiward). In Byzantine ...

". 5th century CE, British Museum, 134847.

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