Robe of honour
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A robe of honour were rich garments given by medieval and early modern Islamic rulers to subjects as tokens of honour, often as part of a ceremony of appointment to a public post, or as a token of con
Mahmud of Ghazni dons a robe of honour sent by the Abbasid caliph al-Qadir
A Royal Hunting Scene, attributed to Bihzad (detail). Hasht Bihisht of Amir Khosrow Dihlavi, Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Istanbul, H.676, frontispiece, fol. 2r (1496)
William Fullerton of Rosemount, EIC surgeon in Patna and mayor of Calcutta, receiving a visitor, attended by servants with fly-whisks, 1764. Victoria and Albert Museum, London
After rebelling against the Mughals, Da'ud, vassal ruler of Bengal, was given a robe of honor. Da'ud awkwardly tries to fit into the robe of honor, suggesting his reluctance to submit to Mughal authority
Kandys
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A kandys, plural kandyes, also called candys, kantuš, or Median robe, is a type of three-quarter-length Persian coat. It originally described a leather cloak with sleeves worn by men, but evolved into
Robe of honour
…Nowruz, at the royal court or major events in exchange for services rendered to the state and as a means of sustaining loyalty, with the so-called Median robes, their color indicating rank, having been particularly prized. The robes were woven in royal workshops with Khuzestan having been a center of Sassanian…
Modern reconstruction of Achaemenid era Persian noble attire featuring the "Kandys" and wearing the Medo-Persian headwear known as a "Tiara"
Detail of a relief showing two men (left and right) wearing kandys. Apadana of Persepolis, 550-330 BC.
Sasanian embassy to Byzantine Empire, stone relief in Istanbul Archaeological Museums, Turkey
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