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'.
Hejazi turban Hejazi turban The Hejazi turban () is a type of the turban headdress native to the region of Hejaz in modern-day western Saudi Arabia. It is but one version of Arabian turbans that have been worn in the Arabian Peninsula from the pre-Islamic era to the present day. Many Arab Historians claim that the Pre- and Post-Islamic Arabs of the Hejaz region such as the Quraish, Ansar, Qahtanites, Kindites, Nabateans, Qedarites, Adnanites, Himyarites, Lakhmids, Ghassanids, Arabian Jews and others used to wear the turban, as opposed to the Keffiyeh which is popular today in the Arabian peninsula. The Arabian "ʿEmāmah"