Karakul (hat)

The Karakulmütze ( QaraQul ), according to the different names for the same coat also Astrakhan ( Astrakhan ) or Persianermütze called ( Persian: قراقلی ), is a headgear made ​​from the skin of the bullock of the Karakulschafs.

The typical model of Karakulmütze for men is called boats. It is worn with the edge in sight. In this form they can be found among others prominent supporters of the Islamic faith in central, partially also in South Asia. The article deals with these and similar caps for men, not the cap from Karakulfell general.

Distribution and history

The headgear called a boat in German-speaking countries have their origins in Scotland and there were 1794 after its military introduction bonnet or Glengarry Glengarry known under the name. About the British Army, which in 1868 introduced the now well-known modified form of Glengarry, the boat was spread worldwide in the civil and military cap fashion and internationally produced many local forms.

In Bessarabia the typical headgear of Bessarabia German men was a mostly black lambskin cap. The skins were from young animals persianerähnlichen a sheep that had emerged from the junction with Karakul sheep. These sheepskins are the finest of persianerähnlichen types of fur, usually they are already black by nature. This Halbblutpersianerfelle be traded because of this similarity and in accordance with German RAL provisions as Bessarabians or Romanian Halbpersianer (not as karakul or Persian ).

The much worn in Afghanistan boat is called Kullah. Is it made ​​of fur, so it's usually worked out Karakulfell.

From Moscow in 2013 reported that the security forces were formed again as officially registered Cossacks have the right to wear a uniform: dark tunic, pants with wide red leg stripes and a gray Karakulmütze.

The Russian writer Artsybashev with Karakulmütze and stocking (1905 )

Bessarabia German men with hats from " Romanian Halbpersianer " (c. 1935 )