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A Karakul hat (Dari language, Dari/Urdu/Pashto/Uzbek Language, Uzbek/Kashmiri language, Kashmiri: ), sometimes spelled as Qaraqul hat, also called Uzbek hat and Jinnah Cap is a hat made from the fur of the Qaraqul breed of Domestic sheep, sheep. Karakul directly translates to black fur in the Uzbek Language, Uzbek language and the hat originally comes from Bukhara. The fur from which it is made is referred to as ''Astrakhan'', ''broadtail'', ''qaraqulcha'', or ''Persian lamb''. The hat is peaked, and folds flat when taken off of the wearer's head.
The cap is typically worn by men in Central Asia, Central and South Asia. It was worn by Amanullah Khan, the former List of monarchs of Afghanistan, king of Afghanistan, and Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founding father of Pakistan. The karakul, which had distinguished all educated urban men since the beginning of the 20th century, has fallen out of fashion in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
In the Soviet Union, the karakul hat became very popular among Politburo members. It became common that Soviet leaders appeared in public, wearing this type of hat. The hat probably gained its prestige among Party leaders because it was an obligatory parade attribute of the tsar and Soviet generals. By wearing the karakul hat, Soviet leaders wanted to underline their high political status. In the Soviet Union this hat also took the nickname the pie-hat because it resembled traditional Russian pies.
Karakul worn in Russia, or the Soviet Union, are cylindrical and are unlike the Gandhi cap worn in South Asia.
File:Karzai.jpg, alt=, Afghanistan former president, Hamed Karzai wearing a Karakul hat
File:Tagore Iran.jpg, Rabindranath Tagore wearing a karakul hat in a 1932 group photograph in the National Consultative Assembly, Majlis of Iran
File:Die Kürschnerkunst, Hans Werner, 1914 (S. 199) Bucharische Lammfelle und daraus gefertigte 'Persianer'-Mützen.jpg, Bukhara Karakul skins and Karakul hats
File:Kushan devotee Mathura.jpg, Mathura art, Mathura sculpture depicting similar hat style
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The cap is typically worn by men in Central Asia, Central and South Asia. It was worn by Amanullah Khan, the former List of monarchs of Afghanistan, king of Afghanistan, and Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founding father of Pakistan. The karakul, which had distinguished all educated urban men since the beginning of the 20th century, has fallen out of fashion in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Soviet Politburo hat
In the Soviet Union, the karakul hat became very popular among Politburo members. It became common that Soviet leaders appeared in public, wearing this type of hat. The hat probably gained its prestige among Party leaders because it was an obligatory parade attribute of the tsar and Soviet generals. By wearing the karakul hat, Soviet leaders wanted to underline their high political status. In the Soviet Union this hat also took the nickname the pie-hat because it resembled traditional Russian pies.
Karakul worn in Russia, or the Soviet Union, are cylindrical and are unlike the Gandhi cap worn in South Asia.
Kashmiri variations
Karakul caps have been worn by Kashmiri people, Kashmiris for the past several decades. The Karakul cap is colloquially known as a "Karakuli" in the Kashmir Valley. The traditional headgear of the gentry in Kashmir has historically been the turban tied in a similar fashion to the Pashtun equivalent. The Karakul caps are popular amongst most of the mainstream politicians. It is quite common for a Kashmiri groom to wear a Karakul Cap as he waits at his in-laws house for his bride to accompany him home.African variations
Karakul caps became popular among African people, Africans and African-Americans in the 1960s. African Presidents such as Modibo Keïta of Mali and Ahmed Sékou Touré of Guinea, who were themselves both of pre-colonial African royal descent, wore the karakul cap to show their independence from European colonial power. The karakul cap is often worn by African and African-American Christians and African-American Jews, Jews. Both the velvet and faux fur versions are worn by men of African descent with Western suit (clothing), suits, and African attire such as the Boubou (clothing), grand boubou. Muslims of African ancestry wear these caps with the dishdasha. In urban slang, the karakul cap is called a ''fur kufi'', while the Rampuri cap is called a ''velvet fez hat''. When worn properly, these caps are always slanted at an angle, and never placed straight on the head. Leopard print karakul caps are common in Africa, but are rarely seen in the United States. In popular culture, Eddie Murphy wore the karakul cap in the movie ''Coming to America''.Gallery
See also
* Astrakhan (fur) * Astrakhan (hat) * Canadian military fur wedge cap * Papakha * Side cap (Pilotka) * Taqiyah (cap)References
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