They wore long purple or flowered robes with loose hanging sleeves, flowered tunics reaching to the knee, also sleeved, embroidered trousers, tiaras, and shoes of a more elegant shape than the ordinary Persian.

Nor was this the whole of their dress.
Under their trousers they wore drawers, under their tunics shirts, on their hands gloves, and under their shoes socks or stockings--luxuries these, one and all, little known in the ancient world.

The Persians were also, like most Orientals, extremely fond of ornaments.

Men of rank carried, almost as a matter of course, massive chains or collars of gold about their necks, and bracelets of gold upon their arms.

The sheaths and handles of their swords and daggers were generally of gold, sometimes, perhaps, studded with gems.