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🎗️ A decorated band 🏛️ A textile workshop
tiraz

tiraz

9.9
A royal workshop that made embroidered cloth for rulers or officials in medieval Islamic times
  • noun
  • Archaic
: tiraz
  • The caliph ordered new robes from the royal tiraz to show his authority at the ceremony.

Examples

  • Many luxurious garments produced in the tiraz were given as gifts to high-ranking officials.

  • Historians study textiles from the tiraz to learn about medieval Islamic art and culture.

  • The ancient tiraz was a symbol of royal authority.

  • She admired the intricate tiraz designs.

  • The caliph ordered new robes from the royal tiraz to show his authority at the ceremony.

  • Many luxurious garments produced in the tiraz were given as gifts to high-ranking officials.

  • Historians study textiles from the tiraz to learn about medieval Islamic art and culture.

Surface Forms

tiraz singular
tiraz plural

Etymology

Tiraz was also the name for the royal workshop that made these embroidered clothes, from the same Arabic ṭirāz meaning 'embroidery'. That's why a tiraz can mean both the decorated cloth and the place where rulers' garments and official gifts were made.