Robes of Honor in Fatimid Egypt
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23245462 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Paula Sanders (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Pages | 225-239 |
| Publication date | 2001-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Robes and Honor (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan US (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1007/978-1-349-61845-3_9 |
| OpenAlex | W2475568496 |
| ISBN | 9781349618453 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 7 |
At its most literal, a khil'a (pl. khila') is a garment that has been taken off (khala'a) by one person and given to another. The Prophet Muhammad is said to have given the mantle (burda) he was wearing to the poet Ka'b b. Zuhayr. While earlier rulers certainly bestowed such "castoff" garments as honorific robes, the term khil'a came into usage only in the Abbasid period (750–1258). In time, it was used to designate any garment bestowed by the ruler upon an official, and court officials were referred to as the "men of robes of honor" (aṣḥāb al-khil'a).1KeywordsJewish CommunityReligious TraditionSilk ClothReligious ScholarGeneric InscriptionThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.
Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Clothing · Emperor · Honor · Honorific · Linguistics · Literature · Physics · Ruler · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Classics · Computer Science · Eurasian Exchange Networks · History · Islamic Studies and History · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.47 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2011 - 2023 (13) |
| Highly cited | No |