Kandys

The Kandys was an long ankle length, long sleeved, cold-weather garment, often made of fur or with fur on the edges of the open front, worn by Achaemenid and Media kings and nobles. Connected at the end of the sleeves and on the back of the shoulders were section of fabric that could be used to cover the hands and head to protect them from the cold. The word originates from the Persian Kan, which means to wear or to put on. Xenophon, a Greek historian who lived in Persian, among the Achaemenid court wrote of the Kandys in his two works: Anābasis and Cyropaedia. Achaemenid Cyrus (Kourosh) enjoyed wearing the Kandys in a purple hue. Darius III had his Kandys decorated with golden eagle designs. Some number of the Persian governors in Anatolia, such as Autophradat, also wore the Kandys.

Kandys

The Kandys was an long ankle length, long sleeved, cold-weather garment, often made of fur or with fur on the edges of the open front, worn by Achaemenid and Media kings and nobles. Connected at the end of the sleeves and on the back of the shoulders were section of fabric that could be used to cover the hands and head to protect them from the cold. The word originates from the Persian Kan, which means to wear or to put on. Xenophon, a Greek historian who lived in Persian, among the Achaemenid court wrote of the Kandys in his two works: Anābasis and Cyropaedia. Achaemenid Cyrus (Kourosh) enjoyed wearing the Kandys in a purple hue. Darius III had his Kandys decorated with golden eagle designs. Some number of the Persian governors in Anatolia, such as Autophradat, also wore the Kandys.