Alkaluk
Appearance
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Akaluk was a tight-fitting tunic of long length has a front open with long sleeves made with quilted stuff. Once, it was an outfit of the cavalry for the first eight regiments during India's colonial era. The elite people also wore the garment in the 19th century. However, the British eventually replaced it with a waistcoat.[1][2][3][4][5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Petrie, Martin (1867). Strength, composition, and organization of the army of Great Britain. p. 104.
- ^ Mollo, Boris (1981). The Indian Army. Blandford. p. 93. ISBN 978-0-7137-1074-8.
- ^ Bier, Carol (1987). Woven from the Soul, Spun from the Heart: Textile Arts of Safavid and Qajar Iran, 16th-19th Centuries. Textile Museum. p. 50. ISBN 978-0-87405-026-4.
- ^ Middle East and Indian Ocean. Société d'histoire de l'Orient. 1999. p. 255. ISBN 978-2-7384-8380-5.
- ^ Textile Museum Journal. Textile Museum. 1990.