Persian clothing

Persian clothing

Persian miniature paintings employ both vivid and muted colors for clothing. Persian men usually wore a full-length pants called Shalvar.Undergarments for men were limited to a pair of short pants, called zir-šalvar (literally “under-pants”).

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* [http://www.geocities.com/ladysveva/clothing/Persian.html Persian clothing]
* [http://fenris.net/~lizyoung/16thCePers/16thCePersian.html 16th Century Persian Women's Clothing]
*“A Concordance of Clothing Terms” Encyclypedia Iranica Online, 2004, pg. 870.


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