The Sharbush or Harbush, Sarposh, Serpush probably derived from the Persian word Sarpush, which means "headdress". was a special Turkic military furred hat worn in Central Asia and the Middle East in
Individuals in Turkic dress, wearing the Sharbush at the court of Badr al-Din Lu'Lu' (Kitab al-Aghani, 1219 CE)
Right frontispiece: ruler in Turkic dress (long braids, large Sharbush fur hat, boots, fitting coat), in the Maqamat of al-Hariri, 1237 CE, probably Baghdad.
Turkic amir with guards, wearing the Turkic headgear Sharbush, in the preaching scene at Rayy in maqāma 21 (fols. 58v–59r), Maqamat of al-Hariri, 1237.
Warrior in Turkic attire, wearing the Turkic headgear sharbush, De Materia Medica of Dioscorides, Iraq, 1224. Harvard Art Museums.
Badr al-Din Lu'lu' was successor to the Zengid emirs of Mosul, where he governed in variety of capacities from 1234 to 1259 following the death of Nasir ad-Din Mahmud. He was the founder of the short-
Sharbush
…a special Turkic military furred hat worn in Central Asia and the Middle East in the Middle Ages. It appears prominently in the miniatures depicting Badr al-Din Lu'lu' (ruled 1234–1259). It was a stiff cap of the military class, with a triangular front which was sometimes adorned with a metal plaque. It was sometimes…
Coinage of Badr al-Din Lu'lu', citing Möngke Khan (above reverse field) as overlord, instead of the Ayyubid ruler al-malik al-nasir. Mosul mint, dated AH 656 (1258).
An Ilkhanid miniature depicting the Mongol Siege of Mosul in 1261–1263 from: Rashid-al-Din Hamadani, Jami' al-tawarikh, Bibliothèque Nationale de France (1430).
Mausoleum of Yahya Abu al-Qasim, built in Mosul by Lu'Lu' in 1239.