''Qaba'' ( fa, قبا‎ ''qabā'') is a long coat with sleeves and buttons, similar to a

cassock The cassock or soutane is a Christian clerical clothing coat used by the clergy and male religious of the Oriental Orthodox Churches, Eastern Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church, in addition to some clergy in certain Protestant denomi ...

, open at the front. A qaba is similar to a wadded coat. It is considered as a piece of clothing of Turkic origin. The

Mughal emperors The Mughal emperors ( fa, , Pādishāhān) were the supreme heads of state of the Mughal Empire on the Indian subcontinent, mainly corresponding to the modern countries of India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh. The Mughal rulers styled t ...

wore ankle-length garments. The outfits during the reign of

Babur Babur ( fa, , lit= tiger, translit= Bābur; ; 14 February 148326 December 1530), born Mīrzā Zahīr ud-Dīn Muhammad, was the founder of the Mughal Empire in the Indian subcontinent. He was a descendant of Timur and Genghis Khan through his ...

and

Humayun Nasir-ud-Din Muhammad ( fa, ) (; 6 March 1508 – 27 January 1556), better known by his regnal name, Humāyūn; (), was the second emperor of the Mughal Empire, who ruled over territory in what is now Eastern Afghanistan, Pakistan, Northern ...

are more or less the same, i.e. qaba,

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, pirahan, jilucha, jiba and kasaba. Unlike the jama, which was a four-pointed long-coat the Qaba and takauchia were of a broad girth at the bottom. There are mentions of the qaba in the ''

Baburnama The ''Bāburnāma'' ( chg, ; literally: ''"History of Babur"'' or ''"Letters of Babur"''; alternatively known as ''Tuzk-e Babri'') is the memoirs of Ẓahīr-ud-Dīn Muhammad Bābur (1483–1530), founder of the Mughal Empire and a great-great- ...

''. At present, Qaba is one of the essential parts of the

dress A dress (also known as a frock or a gown) is a garment traditionally worn by women or girls consisting of a skirt with an attached bodice (or a matching bodice giving the effect of a one-piece garment). It consists of a top piece that covers ...

of the Islamic clerics or mosque leaders.

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File:Royal drinking scene in the Dukhang at Alchi Monastery, circa 1200 CE.jpg, Royal drinking scene in the Dukhang at

Alchi Monastery Alchi Monastery or Alchi Gompa (also Alci) is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery, known more as a monastic complex (chos-'khor) of temples in Alchi village in the Leh District, under the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council of the Ladakh Unio ...

, circa 1200 CE. The king wears a decorated Qabā'. File:Babur and Humayun.jpg, upBabur and his heir

File:Fírúz Jang Khán Ruler of Bijapur..jpg, Late 17th century portrait of Fírúz Jang Khán, ruler of Bijapur File:Costume of India - Moguls.jpg, Late 19th century "Costume of India - Moguls" picture depicting Mogul woman (upper left), Mogul Emperor Farrukhsiyar (center) died 1719, and Emperor Humayun (upper right), died in 1556 File:The vizier Qamar ud-Din circa 1735 Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris.jpg, Vizier Qamar ud-Din circa 1735 File:Studio portrait of a Mogul father with his children at Delhi, by Shepherd and Robertson.jpg, Portrait of "Mogul" father with his children in Delhi (Shepherd & Robertson) circa 1863

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