"Agal" redirects here. For other uses, see Agal (disambiguation).
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A Bahraini man wearing agal.
The agal (Arabic: عقال, ‘iqāl: "bond" or "rope", in Hebrew: עיגול\Igul), also spelled iqal, egal or igal, is an accessory worn usually by Arab men. It is a black cord, worn doubled, used to keep the ghutrah in place on the wearer's head.[1]
See also
References
- ^ Oxford English Dictionary. Second Edition, 1989.