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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 945 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CAFTAN, or KAFTAN (a
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Turkish word, also in use in
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Persia)  , a
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tunic or under-
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dress with
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long
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hanging sleeves, tied with a
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girdle at the
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waist, worn in the
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East by persons of both sexes . The
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caftan was worn by the upper and
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middle classes in
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Russia till the
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time of
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Peter the
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Great, when it was generally discarded .

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