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[[Image: Prokudin-Gorskii-19.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Mohammed Alim Khan]] (1880-1944), emir of [[Bukhara]], wearing a khalat]]<br />
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A '''khalat''' ({{lang-fa|خلعت}} / [[ALA-LC]]: ''xalat''), also known as '''khelat''' ({{lang-bn|খেলাত}}), is a loose, long-sleeved outer [[silk]] or [[cotton]] [[robe]] common in [[Central Asia]] and [[South Asia]] and worn both by men and women, although in differing styles. <br />
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Historically, richly adorned khalats have been used as honorific [[award]]s, similarly to [[Mantle (vesture)|mantle]]. The word khalat/khilat was also used to denote the ceremony of awarding the honorific robe. Such [[social aspects of clothing]] have been known in many societies. By the 19th century in [[British India]] the word ''khillat'' had come to mean any gift of money or goods awarded by the Government of India in return for service from tributary princes, khans and tribal leaders.<br />
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Central Asian khalats can be a thin, decorative garment, or thick, full length robe, and good protection from both exposure to heat and light and the cold.<br />
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The word ''khalat'' is one of many borrowings to be found in [[Russian language|Russian]], where it has come to be a generic term for various robes. In Romanian the word is ''halat'' is used, meaning [[dressing gown]], [[bathrobe]], [[smock (garment)|smock]], [[camouflage]] [[cloak]], etc. A similar garment is known as [[Chapan]] in Turkic.<br />
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The khalat (sometimes called ''khlat'' in [[Yiddish]]) was also worn by [[Ashkenazi]] Jewish men in Eastern Europe, until the early 20th century. These were long, close-fitting coats with [[Lapel#Shawl_lapel|shawl collars]] and pockets. In Jewish communities, these were cotton garments meant for everyday wear; more luxurious versions were made of velvet or silk and worn for [[Shabbat]] or other [[Jewish holidays|holidays]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Goldberg-Mulkiewicz |first1=Olga |title=Dress |url=http://www.yivoencyclopedia.org/article.aspx/Dress |website=YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe |access-date=26 July 2018}}</ref><br />
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[[Image:Prokudin-Gorskii-18.jpg|thumb|200px|Kyrgyz family wearing ''khalats'', 1911 ]]<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Kaftan]]<br />
*[[Chapan]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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*[[Stewart N. Gordon|Stewart Gordon]], "Robes of Honour: Khilat in Pre-Colonial and Colonial India". [[Oxford University Press]], 2003, {{ISBN|0-19-566322-5}}<br />
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