jibba
Usage examples of "jibba".
They all wore the jibba, the patched robes which symbolized the rags that had been the only garb available to them at the beginning of this jihad against the godless, the unbelievers, the infidels.
Under the fine loose cloth of his jibba his body was lean and wiry, the muscles of his legs and arms like the woven sinews of a bowstring.
He slipped from the saddle and girded up the hem of his jibba with the blue sash, leaving his legs covered only with baggy breeches.
Al-Noor wafc almost naked: his jibba had been ripped from his body by the thorns and his skin was lacerated as though it had been clawed by a wild beast.
You should wear only the jibba, which marks you as a lover of the Prophet and the Mahdi.
All of them wore the jibba of the Dervish and were armed with spear, sword, targe and rifle.
Through the clinging folds of the jibba he saw that the corpse was lean and athletic.
Now that he knew what to look for he recognized the elegant figure of Osman Atalan in a bone-white jibba with gaily coloured patches that caught the eye like jewels.
None of them wore the jibba, and their faces were un bearded They rushed towards each other, and Penrod saw the khaki of their tunics and the distinctive shape of their pith helmets.
His jibba sparkled white in the sun, and his turban was dark emerald green.
In the van rode the emaciated figure in a bloody jibba, bareheaded, his grey hair covering his shoulders.
Osman stooped, took a handful of the thick curls and, ignoring the blood that splashed down the front of his jibba, held the head aloft to show it to his aggagiers.
They shouted again at the sight of Osman, so tall and noble in his gleaming white jibba decorated with the brightly coloured patches.
Although he was dressed in a jibba and carried a sword he was too plump and well fed to be an aggagier.
Beneath the brilliant white cloth of his jibba she saw his body stir: the extraordinary masculine tumescence that she still found incomprehensible a distinct creature with a life of its own.