The ''durrāʿah'' was a ceremonial robe worn by the
Abbasid
The Abbasid Caliphate ( or ; ar, الْخِلَافَةُ الْعَبَّاسِيَّة, ') was the third caliphate to succeed the Islamic prophet Muhammad. It was founded by a dynasty descended from Muhammad's uncle, Abbas ibn Abdul-Muttalib ...
court from the time of caliph
al-Mansur
Abū Jaʿfar ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad al-Manṣūr (; ar, أبو جعفر عبد الله بن محمد المنصور; 95 AH – 158 AH/714 CE – 6 October 775 CE) usually known simply as by his laqab Al-Manṣūr (المنصور) w ...
(r. 754–775) until it was replaced by the shorter ''qabāʾ'' in the mid-9th century. It was black, the official colour of the Abbasid dynasty, and was closed in the front by buttons. Its use as court dress for civilian and military officials—but not religious, who wore the ''ṭaylasān'' instead—gave it great prestige.
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* {{cite book , editor-last=Bosworth , editor-first=C. E. , editor-link=C.E. Bosworth , title=The History of al-Ṭabarī, Volume XXXIII: Storm and Stress along the Northern Frontiers of the ʿAbbāsid Caliphate. The Caliphate of al-Mu'tasim, A.D. 833–842/A.H. 218–227 , publisher=State University of New York Press , location=Albany, New York , year=1991 , isbn=0-7914-0493-5 , url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ky2rl0xN2SQC
Robes and cloaks
Abbasid Caliphate
Court uniforms and dress
Arabic clothing