Peshawari turban

Peshawari turban, also Peshawari patke (Pashto: پېښوري پټکی‎) or Peshawari lungee, is the traditional Pashtun-style turban worn in Peshawar and its surrounding regions. It is traditionally worn by the Muslims, but has also been used by the Hindu community.[1]

Amir Chand Bombwal, journalist from Peshawar wearing a Peshawari turban

It is a two-piece headgear. One piece is a dome-shaped hard cap or kulla, generally embroidered with golden thread.[2] The other is called lungi which consists of a long and narrow piece of cotton cloth (not to be confused with a waist cloth wrapped in some regions). It has a fan-shaped turra (crest) and a tail termed shamla.[3]

Subhas Chandra Bose had used a Peshawari turban to disguise himself as a Pashtun in 1941 to flee from the British territory.[4]

During the British rule a similar turban was part of the dress for some government peons.[5]

See also

References
  1. Sweet Chillies, Balraj Khanna Constable, 1991 Page 79.
  2. The Turbans (Pugrees) of Pakistan, September 24, 2008, All Things Pakistan, http://pakistaniat.com/2008/09/24/turban-pugree-pug-pakistan
  3. Pakistan: an introduction, Herbert Feldman, Edition 2, Oxford University Press, 1968
  4. Subhas Chandra Bose: Netaji's passage to immortality, Subodh Markandeya, Arnold Publishers, Dec 1, 1990, p. 147
  5. In The Districts Of The Raj, Y.D. Gundevia,1992, p. 30
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