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This article is about a traditional garment. For the Indian badminton player, see Madhumita Bisht .

King Faisal of Saudi Arabia at a reception with President Richard Nixon in 1974. The members of the Arab delegation carry bisht.

The bit from Wikisource; there called abaya

The Bischt ( Arabic بشت, DMG Bišt ) is a traditional item of clothing worn on the Arabian Peninsula and in Persia . It is a mostly black (but sometimes also brown to beige) coat-like overgarment made of sheep's wool or camel hair that extends from the neck to the feet. The material and the pattern can be symbols of social status and membership of a particular tribe.

It is essentially rectangular in shape with openings for the hands at the top two corners and open at the front.

Today the bish is practically only worn on special occasions or by Shiite - Islamic clergy (e.g. in Iran ).

Occasionally the Bischt in the past was considered Abaya called such. B. in Meyers Konversations-Lexikon from 1888. With "Abaya" today, however, the corresponding woman's garment is consistently meant.

Web links

 Wikisource: Aba  - Article of the 4th edition of Meyers Konversations-Lexikon

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Traditional & modern: The Saudi man's bisht . In: Arab News (ed.): Arab News . 2012 ( arabnews.com [accessed February 4, 2017]).