Anṣār (الأنصار) Jibbah

Item

Title

Anṣār (الأنصار) Jibbah
jibbah

Creator

Creator Unrecorded

Subject

Sudan; trophies; Mahdi; campaign mementoes
Clothing, General

Description

An Anṣār (الأنصار) jibbah made of fawn coloured material with rectangles of brown and black sewn on front, back and sleeves. [FHM 25/09/2019]

Publisher

Making African Connections

Format

Length 990mm; Width 1350mm

Identifier

5001.9.2
ES10

Source

Royal Engineers Museum

Relation

The jibba: clothing for Sufi and soldier
A note on the term anṣār
Interview with Imam Ahmad al-Mahdi, grandson of the Mahdi

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