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TARBUSH (Arab tarbush)

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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 417 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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TARBUSH (Arab tarbush) , the See also:close-fitting, See also:flat-topped and brimless cap, in shape like a truncated See also:cone, made of See also:felt or See also:cloth, worn by See also:Mahommedan men throughout the See also:East either as a See also:separate headgear or forming the inner See also:part of the See also:turban. It is worn as the badge of a See also:Turkish subject in See also:Turkey and See also:Egypt, where it is red in See also:colour with a See also:black or See also:blue See also:silk tassel. It is the same as the " See also:fez " (see the See also:plate illustrations to See also:INDIA: § See also:Indian See also:Costume).

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