Agal (accessory)

An agal (Arabic: عِقَال‎, ʿiqāl: "bond" or "rope"), also spelled iqal, egal or igal, is an Arab mens' accessory. It is a black cord, worn doubled, used to keep a ghutrah in place on the wearer's head. It is traditionally made of goat hair. It is usually worn in the Arabian Peninsula, Iraq, Syria, southwestern Iran by Ahwazi Arabs and the Hola people, as well as in the Levant and parts of Yemen (eastern Yemen Hadhramaut and Shabwa).

Agal (accessory)

An agal (Arabic: عِقَال‎, ʿiqāl: "bond" or "rope"), also spelled iqal, egal or igal, is an Arab mens' accessory. It is a black cord, worn doubled, used to keep a ghutrah in place on the wearer's head. It is traditionally made of goat hair. It is usually worn in the Arabian Peninsula, Iraq, Syria, southwestern Iran by Ahwazi Arabs and the Hola people, as well as in the Levant and parts of Yemen (eastern Yemen Hadhramaut and Shabwa).