Zunnar

Zunnar (also spelled "zunar" or "zonar"; Arabic: زنار zunār) was a distinctive belt or girdle, part of the clothing that Dhimmi (e.g. Jews, Christians and Zoroastrians) were required to wear within the Islamic caliphate regions to distinguish them from Muslims.[1] Though not always enforced, the zunnar served, together with a set of other rules, as a covert tool of discrimination.[2][3]

  1. ^ Tritton, Arthur Stanley (1960). Encyclopaedia of Islam (2nd ed.). Brill. pp. 571–572. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  2. ^ Nettler, Ronald L. (25 February 2014). Medieval and Modern Perspectives on Muslim-Jewish Relations. Routledge. p. 117. ISBN 978-1-134-36682-8. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  3. ^ Fletcher, Richard A. (1999). The Barbarian Conversion: From Paganism to Christianity. University of California Press. p. 305. ISBN 978-0-520-21859-8. Retrieved 16 January 2024.