Turban In Islamic cultures, some men wear a turban-style headdress in emulation of Muhammad who is believed to have worn a black or white turban. In Islam, the turban is a "Sunnah Mu'akkadah" (Confirmed Tradition). The head wraps are worn in different ways and called by different names depending on the region and culture. Examples include ( "`emãmah") in Arabic, () in Persian. In Shi'a Islam, a black head wrap around a small white cap is worn by descendants of Muhammad called Sayyids, and white turbans by other well-educated persons and scholars. Sufi Muslims often wear a green head wrap around
Sharifa Fatima Sharifa Fatima Sharifa Fatima (; d. during or after 1461; "sharifa" is an honorific, her proper name being Fatima bint al-Hassan) was a Zaydi chief in 15th century Yemen. She allegedly conquered Sa'dah and Najran. She was the granddaughter of Zaydi imam Al-Nasir Muhammad Salah al-Din. Fatima was the daughter of Hasan and the paternal granddaughter of imam Al-Nasir Muhammad Salah al-Din (d. 1391). She married her cousin an-Nasir Muhammad, son of imam Al-Mansur Ali bin Salah ad-Din (d. 1436). The couple had one child, a daughter named Badr. In 1436, her uncle and father-in-law the imam died of the