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===Caliphates=== ;717–720: Caliph [[Umar II]] orders non-Muslims ({{lang|ar-Latn|[[dhimmi]]}}) to wear vestimentary distinctions (called {{lang|ar-Latn|giyār}}, {{lang|ar|غيار}}, 'distinguishing marks').<ref>{{cite book |last=Heinemann |first=Isaak |title=Antisemitism |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b-02PsKF1ioC&q=Caliph+%5B%5BUmar+II%5D%5D+orders+non-Muslims+(%5B%5Bdhimmi%5D%5D)+to+wear+vestimentary+distinctions |publisher=Keter Books |year=1974 |page=84 |isbn=978-0-7065-1327-1}}</ref> ;847–861: Caliph [[al-Mutawakkil]] reinforces and reissues the edict. Christians are required to wear patches. One of the patches was to be worn in front of the breast and the other on the back. They were required to be honey-coloured.<ref name="Bell2005">{{cite encyclopedia |last=Bell |first=Dean Phillip |year=2005 |editor-last=Levy |editor-first=Richard S. |editor-link=Richard S. Levy |title=Yellow Badge |url=https://archive.org/details/antisemitism-a-historical-encyclopedia-of-prejudice-and-persecution-vols-1-2/page/779/mode/2up |encyclopedia=Antisemitism: A Historical Encyclopedia of Prejudice and Persecution |volume=1 |location=Santa Barbara, California |publisher=[[ABC-Clio]] |page=779 |isbn=1-85109-439-3 }}</ref> ;888: Ibrahim ibn Ahmad, the [[Aghlabids|Aghlabid]] ruler of North Africa and Sicily, proclaims an order according to which Jews have to wear a patch depicting a monkey and Christians one depicting a pig.<ref name="Simonsohn" /> ;1005: The [[Fatimid Caliphate|Fatimid]] caliph [[al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah|al-Hakim]] forces Jews to wear black robes and a wooden [[golden calf|image of a calf]] in public and a bell around their neck when in public baths (the same applies for Christians who have to wear a wooden cross around their neck in the baths).<ref name="Roth" /><ref>{{cite book |last1=Lane-Poole |first1=Stanley |title=A History of Egypt: in the middle ages |date=1968 |publisher=Psychology Press |isbn=978-0-7146-1686-5 |page=127 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OzUix2rKFqwC |access-date=2 October 2024 |language=en}}</ref> ;1184–1199: The Almohad [[Yaqub al-Mansur]] orders that Jews must dress in Muslim fashion of mourning (dark blue or black). His successor requires Jews to wear yellow cloaks and turbans.<ref name="Roth2" /> ;1249: The Ayyubid Sultan issues an order according to which the property and life of Jews or Christians which are found on the streets without a distinguishing badge is forfeit.<ref name="Stillman1" /> ;1450: The Algerian {{lang|ar-Latn|[[qadi]]}} Muhammad al-Uqbani and the Flemish traveller [[Anselm Adornes]] report that [[Tunisian Jews]] are obliged to wear a distinctive piece of yellow cloth on their clothing.<ref name="FentonLittman" /><ref name="Joffé" />
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