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chador

All-enveloping black garment for women worn by some Muslims and Hindus.

The origin of the chador dates to the 6th century BC under Cyrus the Great and the Achaemenian Empire in Persia. Together with the purdah (Persian ‘veil’) and the idea of female seclusion, it persisted under Alexander the Great and the Byzantine Empire, and was adopted by the Arab conquerors of the Byzantines. Its use was revived in Iran in the 1970s by Ayatollah Khomeini in response to the Koranic request for ‘modesty’ in dress.



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Government on Friday decided to impose ban on covering the face/body with Chadar at all important places, offices and other public places in winters.
Wearing of Chadar banned in NWFP by Balochistan Times (Baluchistan Province, Pakistan)
Government on Friday decided to impose ban on covering the face/body with Chadar at all important places, offices and other public places in winters.
Wearing of Chadar banned in NWFP by The Frontier Star (Northwest Frontier Province, Pakistan)
Pattu was either tailored into Kashmir's unisex garment the pheran, or made up as a chadar (Kashmiri loi), an all-purpose blanket worn over the pheran in winter or used as bedding.
Pashmina spinners, weavers, and needleworkers by Rizvi, Janet / Marg, A Magazine of the Arts
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