Katzeb

Katzeb is a compound word. The Sanskrit word Kati means waist, and Zeb in Persian means adorn. Mughals wore it over the Jama (coat). The Katzeb is a girdle named by the third Mughal emperor Akbar who was very fashion enthusiastic and gave a new name to many contemporary costumes. These are described in Ain-i-Akbari by Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak.^{[1][5][6][7][8][9]}

Katzeb was a small rectangular piece of cloth but it was an essential garment of the dress that includes a jama (a coat), shawl, turban tanzeb (trouser). There are many Mughal paintings of the emperors with a sword or dagger tucked in Katzeb.^[10][11]

The katzeb is simple cloth belt like garment possible with many variants such as plain, laced, embroidered, brocaded or printed.^[7]

• Izarband
• Jama (coat)
• Farzi (coat)