page_title: Al Faiz family
section_title: Dress
hierarchical_section_title: Al Faiz family / History / Dress
caption_attribution_description: العربية: موكب عزاء السادة الخدم للروضتين محرم الحرام في كربلاء English: Muharram Procession in Karbala by Azaa al-Sada al-Khadam
context_page_description: The family of Al Faiz, also transliterated in a number of other ways, including Al Fa'iz, Al Fa'ez, Al Faez, or Al Fayez, is the oldest Alid family of Karbala, which they have occupied, on some occasions ruled, and held custodianship of its holy sites, since 861.
  They are the descendants of Ibrahim al-Mujab, the 9th-century grandson of the seventh Shi'ite Imam, Musa al-Kadhim. Their eponymous ancestor is considered to be Muhammad Abu al-Faiz, the 12th great-grandson of al-Mujab. In Karbala, the family holds a high prestige where they maintained the authority of the niqaba of Karbala's Sayyids and the sidana of Karbala's holy sites numerous times over different periods.
  The family is currently known by the families of Al Tumah, Al Nasrallah, Al Dhiya al-Din, Al Tajir, Al Ouj, and Al Sayyid Amin.
context_section_description: In the 9th century, the Alids of Karbala dressed in traditional Arabic garments (turban, thawb and bisht) that came in various colours, although green was the more common colour. Later in 1372, Sultan Shaban introduced a kind of nobility with the privilege of wearing green turbans for the Alids; and to distinguish them from the Abbasid's black symbol.
  With the rise of the popularity of the fez in the 19th century, in Ottoman Iraq, Nasir Nasrallah imported fez's from Vienna, and green shawl wool from England, and created what is now known as a kashida (a fez with a green scarf wrapped around it). The kashida along with a jubba (long coat with sleeves, similar to a cassock but without buttons), became the dress code of the Faizids, which was then adopted and turned into the official attire of the sadens and servants of the Husayn and Abbas shrines', and it quickly spread to the rest of the shrine cities of Iraq.
  The kashida's differ slightly between Karbala and other cities. In Karbala, the wrapped green scarf is much longer and takes up half the of the fez, and it is wrapped in a way that overlaps, allowing the front side to be distinctive. However, in Najaf, the wrap is shorter, but there is still an overlap, whilst in Samarra, it is much shorter, and there is no overlap in the wrap, forming a consistent line.
caption: Faizid Sayyids wearing the kashida and jubba, Karbala 2017
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