Bisht (clothing)
Sheikh Chassib, son of Sheikh Khazʿal bin Jaber, Crown Prince of the Emirate of Mohammerah, wearing the adorned bisht affiliated with the clothing, in a picture of 1923. | |
| Type | Arab clothing |
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| Material | Camel hair and Goat wool and for the wealthy pure gold thread |
| Place of origin | Arabian Peninsula |
| Introduced | 2300 BCE |
| Bisht (men's Abaa): skills and practices | |
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| Country | Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, and the United Arab Emirates |
| Reference | 02233 |
| Region | Arab States |
| Inscription history | |
| Inscription | 2025 (20th session) |
| List | Representative |
A bisht (Arabic: بِشْت; plural: بِشُوت bishūt and بْشُوت bshūt), known in some Arabic spoken dialects as mishlaḥ (Arabic: مِشْلَح) or ʿabāʾ (Arabic: عَبَاء), is a traditional men's cloak popular in the Arab world, and worn in general for thousands of years.
The bisht is a flowing outer cloak worn over a thawb.