Kulāf

A kulāf, or kolāh, is a type of cap that designated Sasanian nobility and official.^[3] It appears on numerous reliefs and seals of the Sasanian Empire period.^[3]

Stamp seal with a bearded figure in Sasanian dress, wearing the kulāf denoting nobility and officials; and a figure with radiate crown, both with royal ribbons. Attributed to the Hephthalites,^[1] and recently dated to the 5th-6th century CE.^[2] Stamp seal (BM 119999), British Museum.

The kulāf is often decorated with pearls, on the edge and on the surface of the cap.^[3] It may also be shown with an emblem or tamgha on the surface.^[3]

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  Sasanian seal of an official wearing the kulāf, with Pahlavi inscription "Roz-bud, chief wine-purchaser" (disputed), excavated in Northern Syria. 5th century CE, British Museum, 135071
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  Sasanian seal with portrait of an official wearing the kulāf, inscription in Pahlavi "Perozhormizd, son of the Kanarang". 5th century CE, British Museum, 134847.