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
Hazrat Ishaan Ghawth after him. His successor is Sayyid ul Sadaat Hazrat Sayyid Mir Jan. Hazrat Ishaan Khwaja Sayyid Mir Khawand Mahmud ibn Sharif Naqshbandi, known as "Hazrat Ishaan Shah" ( 1563— 4 November 1642) is a Sufi Saint from Bokhara. Hazrat Ishaan was a Sayyid, a direct descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad through his daughter Fatima al Zahra and his son in law and cousin Ali ibn Abu Talib. Two paternal Sayyid lineages of him are currently known. From one line he is a direct descendant of the seventh Imam Musa al Kadhim, through his son Ibrahim al Murtadha and