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![Brodie steel helmet]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Anti-aircraft BrenGun.jpg?width=200 "Brodie steel helmet]]")
![Preserved ''Dastar'' relic of [[Guru Gobind Singh]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dastar of Guru Gobind Singh.jpg?width=200 "Preserved ''Dastar'' relic of [[Guru Gobind Singh]]")
![[[Officer cadet]]s of the [[Royal Military College of Canada]] wearing a ''dastār''. Sikh members of the [[Canadian Armed Forces]] are permitted to wear the ''dastār'' in most situations.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/OCdt. Sarabjot Anand, OCdt. Sarbjeet Nijher and OCdt. Saajandeep Sarai represent Royal Military College of Canada at Sikh Remembrance Day 2013.jpg?width=200 "[[Officer cadet]]s of the [[Royal Military College of Canada]] wearing a ''dastār''. Sikh members of the [[Canadian Armed Forces]] are permitted to wear the ''dastār'' in most situations.")
![Circa 1750 painting depicting [[Guru Hargobind]] wearing a turban-style that the [[Sikh gurus]] wore while being at peace. Sikhs call this the 'Royal Indic Pagg', it was worn by rulers in the late mediaeval-era Indian subcontinent](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Possibly Guru Hargobind (also identified as Guru Har Rai) with an Attendant.jpg?width=200 "Circa 1750 painting depicting [[Guru Hargobind]] wearing a turban-style that the [[Sikh gurus]] wore while being at peace. Sikhs call this the 'Royal Indic Pagg', it was worn by rulers in the late mediaeval-era Indian subcontinent")
![Chand Tora [[Dumalla]] with many shaster](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sikh triditional turban Dumalla.jpg?width=200 "Chand Tora [[Dumalla]] with many shaster")
![''Nihang Abchal Nagar'' (Nihangs from Hazur Sahib), 1844. Shows turban-wearing Sikh soldiers with [[chakram]]s.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sikhs with chakrams.jpg?width=200 "''Nihang Abchal Nagar'' (Nihangs from Hazur Sahib), 1844. Shows turban-wearing Sikh soldiers with [[chakram]]s.")
![Akali]] turban cotton over a wicker frame, steel overlaid with gold. Lahore Mid-19th century, "A tall conical turban provided convenient transportation for a number of sharp steel [[chakram]]s – edged weapons hurled to lethal effect by the practised hand of the Akalis."](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Akali Turban with quoits.JPG?width=200 "Akali]] turban cotton over a wicker frame, steel overlaid with gold. Lahore Mid-19th century, \"A tall conical turban provided convenient transportation for a number of sharp steel [[chakram]]s – edged weapons hurled to lethal effect by the practised hand of the Akalis.\"")
![Vietnamese women wearing a version of áo nhật bình with [[khăn vấn]] turban.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Aodaicuacungdinh.jpg?width=200 "Vietnamese women wearing a version of áo nhật bình with [[khăn vấn]] turban.")
![Nepalese ''[[Sardar]]'' [[Bhakti Thapa]], a Gorkhali nobleman wearing aristocratic white ''Shirpau'' turban](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bhakti Thapa.jpg?width=200 "Nepalese ''[[Sardar]]'' [[Bhakti Thapa]], a Gorkhali nobleman wearing aristocratic white ''Shirpau'' turban")
![[[Camila Batmanghelidjh]] wearing a turban and matching robe](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Camila Batmanghelidjh, April 2008(1).jpg?width=200 "[[Camila Batmanghelidjh]] wearing a turban and matching robe")
![Afghan]] Lungee presentation](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Flickr - The U.S. Army - Turban presentation.jpg?width=200 "Afghan]] Lungee presentation")
![Mandaean]] men wearing ''[[burzinqa]]'' turbans](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mandaeans celebrating the Creation Day (Brunaya), Maysan, Iraq - Mar 17, 2019 03.jpg?width=200 "Mandaean]] men wearing ''[[burzinqa]]'' turbans")
![A man from India, wearing a [[Rajasthan]]i ''paggar'' style of turban](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rajput (Jodhpur) (8411728143).jpg?width=200 "A man from India, wearing a [[Rajasthan]]i ''paggar'' style of turban")
![A Christian ''mukurinu'' (singular form of ''[[akurinu]]'') on the [[Swahili Coast]] wearing a turban](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/USAFIS.JPG?width=200 "A Christian ''mukurinu'' (singular form of ''[[akurinu]]'') on the [[Swahili Coast]] wearing a turban")
![Byzantine Woman]], wearing a phakeolis](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Marble Portrait Bust of a Woman with a Scroll MET DP345057.jpg?width=200 "Byzantine Woman]], wearing a phakeolis")
![14th century Byzantine, [[Theodore Metochites]], presenting a model of the renovated [[Chora Church]], while wearing a striped turban](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Chora Church interior March 2008.JPG?width=200 "14th century Byzantine, [[Theodore Metochites]], presenting a model of the renovated [[Chora Church]], while wearing a striped turban")
![Suleiman I]], wearing a large turban](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/EmperorSuleiman.jpg?width=200 "Suleiman I]], wearing a large turban")
![Somali]] [[Isaaq Sultanate]] wearing a turban](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sultan Abdillahi Sultan Deria.jpg?width=200 "Somali]] [[Isaaq Sultanate]] wearing a turban")
![16th century, [[Selim II]], wearing the Ottoman imperial turban](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/II Selim.jpg?width=200 "16th century, [[Selim II]], wearing the Ottoman imperial turban")
![16th century [[Mughal Emperor]] [[Babur]] and his heir [[Humayun]] wearing turbans](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Babur and Humayun.jpg?width=200 "16th century [[Mughal Emperor]] [[Babur]] and his heir [[Humayun]] wearing turbans")
![Maratha]] king [[Shivaji]] wearing a turban and its ornaments](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Shivaji British Museum.jpg?width=200 "Maratha]] king [[Shivaji]] wearing a turban and its ornaments")
![Somali]] [[Warsangali]] clan wearing a turban, 1905](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sultan Mohamoud Ali Shire 2.jpg?width=200 "Somali]] [[Warsangali]] clan wearing a turban, 1905")
![[[Baroque]] depiction of [[Abraham]] wearing a turban, by [[Guercino]], oil on canvas, 1657](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Guercino Abramo ripudia Agar (cropped).jpg?width=200 "[[Baroque]] depiction of [[Abraham]] wearing a turban, by [[Guercino]], oil on canvas, 1657")
![Greek]] bust featuring [[Pythagoras of Samos]] wearing a turban, 2nd-1st century BC](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pythagoras in the Roman Forum, Colosseum.jpg?width=200 "Greek]] bust featuring [[Pythagoras of Samos]] wearing a turban, 2nd-1st century BC")
![Ibn Rushd (Averroes)]] [[Muslim]] [[polymath]] from Spain](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Statue of Averroes (Córdoba) - BAE09705.jpg?width=200 "Ibn Rushd (Averroes)]] [[Muslim]] [[polymath]] from Spain")
![In the [[Ottoman Empire]], [[Muhammad]]'s numerous descendants formed a kind of nobility with the privilege of wearing green turbans](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ralamb-40.jpg?width=200 "In the [[Ottoman Empire]], [[Muhammad]]'s numerous descendants formed a kind of nobility with the privilege of wearing green turbans")
![[[Habib Umar bin Hafiz]] (left) of [[Yemen]] wearing a white turban](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Habib umar with imam zaid shakir.jpg?width=200 "[[Habib Umar bin Hafiz]] (left) of [[Yemen]] wearing a white turban")
![Bikram Singh]], former [[Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee]] of India](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gen Bikram Singh.jpg?width=200 "Bikram Singh]], former [[Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee]] of India")
![[[Fauja Singh]], a [[centenarian]] [[marathon]] runner](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fauja Singh.jpg?width=200 "[[Fauja Singh]], a [[centenarian]] [[marathon]] runner")
![[[Diljit Dosanjh]], an actor, singer, television presenter and social media celebrity](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Diljit Dosanjh at Colors Golden Petal Awards.jpg?width=200 "[[Diljit Dosanjh]], an actor, singer, television presenter and social media celebrity")
![Minister of National Defence of Canada]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Harjit Sajjan February 2016.jpg?width=200 "Minister of National Defence of Canada]]")
Wikipedia
A dastār (Punjabi: ਦਸਤਾਰ/دستار, from Persian: دستار; dast or "hand" with the agentive suffix -ār; also known as a ਪੱਗ paga or ਪੱਗੜੀ pagaṛī in Punjabi) is an item of headwear associated with Sikhism, and is an important part of Sikh culture. The word is loaned from Persian through Punjabi. In Persian, the word dastār can refer to any kind of turban and replaced the original word for turban, dolband (دلبند), from which the English word is derived.
Among the Sikhs, the dastār is an article of faith that represents equality, honour, self-respect, courage, spirituality, and piety. The Khalsa Sikh men and women, who keep the Five Ks, wear the turban to cover their long, uncut hair (kesh). The Sikhs regard the dastār as an important part of the unique Sikh identity. After the ninth Sikh Guru, Tegh Bahadur, was sentenced to death by the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb, Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Sikh Guru created the Khalsa and gave five articles of faith, one of which is unshorn hair, which the dastār covers.
