Head Coverings of the Kawasses

 In April 2011 I wrote an article about the

Barett of the Kirchenschweizer.

In Jerusalem you can see something similar:

The kawass (or kavas, chawwas, qawwās, کاواس)

Today kawasses  are men which protect in a symbolic way a Christian procession in Jerusalem.

During the Ottoman empire the kawasses were some kind of:

guards of honour

protection officers (bodyguards)

armed constables or couriers

consular guards in the countries of the eastern Mediterranean

The original Arabic word "qawwās" means bowman.

Kawass of the Ethioppian Orthodox Church

red tarboush - طربوش (fez) with cross on top 

Kawasses in Jerusalem wearing a red tarboush - طربوش (fez)

  

 During a procession of the Armenian Apostolic Church the kawasses often not wear a tarboush - طربوش (fez). The tarboush (fez) would remind them of the Armenian Genocide.
They wear some black hats similar to a Jinnah cap. 

Kawass at the consulate

Foto Hentschel Leipzig Jerusalem 1904

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An Arab kawass (an Ottoman Lieutenant assigned to all foreign travellers) seated in a garden of a Jerusalem house with a little boy in his care.

Imam Sarığı Worn by the Islamic Dignitaries of Perm

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Islamic dignitaries of Perm, Russia

See as well the article:

Imam Sarığı Worn by the Grand Mufti of Perm

Imam Sarığı (head covering worn by an Islamic imam)

Green is the traditional color of the Islam

Imam Sarığı

model in dark green

Redesign of the Takia - طاقية

I saw this advertisement in the last issue (No. 56 - Jan/Feb/March 2013) of "The HAT Magazine":

As an aside:

The takia - طاقية is the prayer cap (skullcap)

The koufiya -‏كوفية‎ is a square scarf, typically worn by Arab men.

The koufiya will be fixed on the head with an igal - عقال (agal), a black rope.

Tachiya Worn by Islamic Dignitaries of Tajikistan

Dr. Mukaram Abdukadirov, Gran Mufti, University of Islamic Studies, Dushanbe, Tajikistan

Day of Reflection, Dialogue and Prayer for Peace and Justice in the World 

"Pilgrims of Truth, Pilgrims of Peace"

Assisi, 27th October 2011

Documentation of the event you will find here.

Tahiya or Tachiya

Other names are:
Duppi, Tyubeteyka, Tjubeteika, Kulohcha, Kalpokcha, Kallapush, Kalpok, Gilam-Duppi, Sanama, Chizma, Takhya, Taykha, Chumakli, Kush
depending on which country (Usbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan) the cap is coming from

Bektashi Tâdsch - Taj

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Bektashi dignitaries Baba Mondi - Haxhi Dede Reshat Bardhi

 © picture: Co Live

Islamic leader Haji Baba, Edmond Brahimaj, Capo,World Bektashi Community,ALBANIA

Edmond Brahimaj, World Bektashi Community

Day of Reflection, Dialogue and Prayer for Peace and Justice in the World 

"Pilgrims of Truth, Pilgrims of Peace"

Assisi, 27th October 2011

Documentation of the event you will find here.

Baba Rexhep

Tâdsch -Tâj

Tâdsch or tâj means crown and it is used by the sheiks of the Sufism orders (tariqas).

The tâj is made of four pieces of felt sewn together. They are the called "the entrances".
These four are further divided by twelve gores which are called terks.

The four "entrances" are:
1. Shari'ah
2. Tariqat
3. Ma'rifat
4. Haqîqat
The twelve abstinences are:
1. To abstain from wearing the garb of iniquity and turn to those of perfection.
2. To abstain from sin and turn to the qualities of the perfect.
3. To abstain from carnal desires and turn from them completely.
4. To abstain from forgetfulness and turn to the remembrance of Allah.
5. To abstain from ambition and turn to contentment which is a generous treasure.
6. To abstain from fear. To rest and have one's convictions in Allah according to the
instructions of the Qur'an.
7. To abstain from the finery of this world and turn to cleanliness.
8. To abstain from beastly appetites and turn to watchfulness against them.
9. To abstain from self-aggrandizement and turn to contentment with humility.
10. To abstain from revenge and acts against others and turn to tolerance.
11. To abstain from undue haste and turn to patience and gentleness.
12. To abstain from grief and confusion over misfortune and turn to the yielding of self
to the sayings and wishes of Allah in compliance with the instructions of the Qur'an,
"We will test you with sadness, hunger, loss of wealth, people and other things.
Blessed are the enduring who when unhappiness occurs say: 'We are God's and unto
Him we shall return.'"

An explanation (in German language) how the tâdsch is made and how the Tawhid can be recognized, you will find here.