Anṣār (الأنصار) jibba

Item

Title

Anṣār (الأنصار) jibba
jibbah

Creator

Creator Unrecorded

Subject

Mahdi; Sudan; trophies; campaign mementoes
Clothing, General

Description

Late-period anṣār (الأنصار) smock-shaped garment, fawn in colour, with short sleeves. Features rectangles of blue and red sewn on front, back and sleeves in a symmetrical formation; also blue piping around the edges. [FHM 09/2019]

Publisher

Making African Connections

Format

Length 1200mm; Width 1290mm

Identifier

5001.25.1
ES25

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

Rights

© Royal Engineers Museum

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The jibba: clothing for Sufi and soldier Text
Our mannequin