Hejazi turban
The Hejazi turban (Arabic: عِمَامَة, ʾimāmah IPA: ʕi.maː.mah), also spelled Hijazi turban or known as the Arabian 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 Arabian Peninsula 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.
Versions
The Arabian Hejazi turban is worn today by some Ulama and Imams.
The colored or white turban, is a common inherited cultural turban in the regions of Hijaz, and it still worn by some natives of Mecca, Medina and Jeddah in particular. The white Emamah is the traditional headwear for traders and the general community categories of the prestigious and middle-class, with the exception of religious scholars who have had their special turbans distinctiveness predominately white.
Colorful turbans called masar are traditional headwear in Oman, and also are common in some regions in south of Yemen and Hadhramaut. Moreover, keffiyehs are commonly wrapped around the head and referred to as a turban throughout the gulf.