Pagri, sometimes also transliterated as pagari, is the term for turban used in the Indian subcontinent. It specifically refers to a headdress that is worn by men and women, which needs to be manually tied. Other names include sapho.
Man's Leheria turban, India, Rajasthan, 19th century.
Sarpech (turban ornament) worn on special occasions, India, 18th century
Rajasthani princes wearing a pagri
Rajasthani people wearing Turban
A turban is a type of headwear based on cloth winding. Featuring many variations, it is worn as customary headwear by people of various cultures. Communities with prominent turban-wearing traditions can be found in the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, the Balkans, the Caucasus, Central Asia, North Africa, West Africa, East Africa, and amongst some Turkic peoples in Russia.
Indian Sikh soldiers in Italian campaign with a Bren gun
Late fourth century Byzantine woman, wearing a phakeolis
14th century Byzantine, Theodore Metochites, presenting a model of the renovated Chora Church, while wearing a striped turban
16th century, Suleiman I, wearing the Ottoman imperial turban, known as kavuk (tr)