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    Posted: 14-Feb-2007 at 17:44
This was wrongly submitted as an article on the  main site as an article by farohar. Perhaps someone could help him.
 
Hi, I've been reading and looking up ancient Iranian symbols, and I've seen the pictures of the Derafsh-e-Kaviani and read the couple of articles on the Derafsh-e-Shahdad which was discovered like 10 years ago I think. So far all references to the flag say that the bird perched on the top of the flag is a golden eagle (I've also read that the golden eagle was Cyrus' standard). The thing is, the bird in the pictures that accompany the articles look more like Falcons than Eagles. First I thought that it would've been a falcon as Cyrus probably got the idea from the Egyptians, but the Derafsh-e-Shahdad is supposedly 5000 years old so now I'm really confused. Any help as to what anyone knows about it and why (sources) would be appreciated.


Edited by Paul - 14-Feb-2007 at 17:47
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As far as i know, it is a falcon, although The Symbols, Standards, Flags, and Banners of Ancient and Modern Nations says
 
"The standard of ancient Persia, adopted by Cyrus, according to Herodotus, and Xenophon, and perpetuated, was a golden eagle with outstretched wings painted on a white flag."
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Posts: 28 		  Quote farohar Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15-Feb-2007 at 00:12
The Encyclopaedia Iranica basically states that while Shahbaz or Royal Falcon might've been used that the Eagle was the Achaemenid standard. Answers.com says that the Iranian national flag during Cyrus was the golden eagle but the tile found in Persepolis is clearly a falcon.
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