The Eusofzykes The ordinary dress of the men is a cotton tunic, made to fit the body down to the waist, and then loose and full down to below the knees; it is either dark-blue, or dyed grey with the bark of the pomegranate tree. They also wear a large, loose, white turban, a pair of cotton trousers, and a pair of sandals; but their dress is not complete without a Loongee (A large handkerchief of blue silk and cotton mixed), which hangs over the shoulder, and reaches below the middle, both before and behind. It is sometimes used for a cloak, and sometimes for a girdle. They have always a better suit of clothes for Fridays and great occasions. The tunic is then made longer and fuller below, and is puckered up about the waist in numerous plaits. The rest of the holiday clothes are of coloured silk, except the turban. The women wear a gown close over the breast, and very wide below. They wear many gold and silver ornaments, like those used in India. Neither sex wear the long shirt which is so common among the other Afghans. The women of the Eusofzyes are carefully concealed, and never leave their houses without putting on the cloak called Boorka, which covers them from head to foot. The women do not work out of doors; those of the poorest men bring in water, but they always do so by night.
Ther Honourable Mountstuart Elphinstone, An Account of the Kingdom of Caubul, Mssrs Longman, Hurst Rees, Orme, Brown and Murray, London 1815, illustrated