men belonging to the sayyid families or tribes in the arab world used to wear white or ivory colored daggers like jambiyas, khanjars or shibriyas to demarcate their nobility amongst the other arab men although this custom has been restricted due to the local laws of the variously divided arab countries. wearing turbans of various colors especially white, black, green, yellow, orange or maroon is still done in its place and this practice has been followed more by the non arab sayyids than arabic speaking ones.