Turban a small cap or the green head wrap alone. In Sudan, large white headdresses connote high social status. In Pakistan the cap is called a topi. Women of Islam do not wear turbans, as it is considered part of a man's dress, while women do cover their hair as part of hijab. When the Jewish High Priest served in the Tabernacle and the Temple in Jerusalem, he wore a head covering called "mitznefet" מִצְנֶפֶת. This word has been translated as "mitre" (KJV) or "headdress". It was most likely a turban, as the word comes from a root meaning 'to wrap'.
Muhammad Sharif (Kalifa) al-Mahdi, daughter of the Mahdi, and their son Husain al-Khalifa Muhammad Sharif (1888–1928) was a pioneer journalist in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Sources Muhammad Sharif (Kalifa) Sayyid Muhammad Sharif (died 1899) was one of the three Kalifas or lieutenants of Muhammad Ahmad (1844–1885), who styled himself the Mahdi, the others being Ali wad Hilu and Abdallahi ibn Muhammad. Muhammad Sharif was the son of Hamid Muhammad, first cousin of the Mahdi. When Muhammed Ahmad died on 22 June 1885, in theory the Kalifas were jointly responsible for ruling the ""Mahdiyah"", as the Mahdist state of Sudan was known. In practice, Abdallahi