Qaba

The outfits during the reign of Babur and Humayun are more or less the same, i.e. qaba, jama, pirahan, jilucha, jiba and kasaba.

Unlike the jama, which was a four-pointed long-coat the Qaba and takauchia were of a broad girth at the bottom.

[13] When Henry II, Count of Champagne, king of Jerusalem, tried to build a friendly relationship with Saladin, he requested the gift of a qabā and a sharbūsh', which he wore in Acre.

The latter fastened on the wearer's right side, and was preferred by Mamluk amirs in its day over the former style, which was favored by the Seljuks and Ayyubids.

It was fastened with buttons or strings tied in bows, and most commonly worn with a belt over top.

Enthroned person wearing a Qaba dress with tiraz armbands, Kashan, late 12th-early 13th century CE. [ 1 ]
The Governor of Merv , wearing the Qaba al-turkiyya and the sharbūsh hat, in Maqamat al-Hariri (1200-1210). [ 2 ] [ 3 ]