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    Posted: 05-Feb-2006 at 22:00
1901 - 1919 (Amir Habibullah Khan)

1901-1919
1919 - 1928 (King Amanullah Khan)

1919-1928
1929-1930 (King Nadir Shah)

1929-1930
1930-1974 (King Zahir Shah)

1930-1974
1974-1978 (The Republic: Sardar Mohammad Daoud Khan)

1974-1978
1978-80 (Communist Government: Noor Mohammad Taraki)

1978-80 ALIGN=middle> +2
1980-87 (Communist Government: Hafizullah Amin/Babrak Karmal)

1987-92 (Communist Government: Dr. Najibullah)

1987-1992
1992-96 (Mujahideen: Burhanuddin Rabbani)

1992-1994

1992-2001 (Northern Alliance: Rabbani/Masoud)

1996 - 2001 (Taliban: Mohammad Omar)

2001 - Present (Afghan Interim Government: Hamid Karzai)

Colours of the Afghan Flag and its meaning

BLACK is the time period of the three Anglo-Afghan wars between 1839-1919, in which Afghanistan fought three brutal wars with the British. Afghanistan was never a colony of the British or any other country but Britain had control of the Afghan foreign affairs, until August 19,1919.
RED is blood and war, the struggle for freedom and also represents poverty, hardship.
GREEN means Peace and symbolizes the colour of Islam.
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TURKISH REPUBLIC OF

NORTHERN CYPRUS

KUZEY KIBRIS

TRK CUMHURiYETi

State flag of the TRNC

It was chosen in a competition, which was held to find a state flag

Flag used initialy by the TRNC

The flag of Turkey is the TRNC's national flag. This is because it is the flag  of the Turkish people as well as having links with their Ottoman heritage.

The red colour intially represented the 'west' in the Turkic colour symbols, however since the Turks had been in many battles through out their long history the colour began to represent the Turkish blood. The moon and the star intialy was anciant Turkic symbols,since the Turks were key as the Gazi's of the faith during the many crusades it became a representation of Islam.

Flag of the TRNC depicting the Islamic faith of the Turkish Cypriot peoples.

(Image taken from www.muminturk.kk5.org)
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and here is my car ..

well it might look like a piece of crap but ....

hey who am i kidding it is a piece crap.....
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greek symbolism
 
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Flag of Pakistan
 
Green part represents the Muslims of the country
White part represents the non Muslim minorities of the country
Green + white = Pakistan 


Edited by TeldeInduz - 28-Jun-2006 at 02:59
Quoo-ray sha quadou sarre.................
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Flag of Sandzak!

 
 
 
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Islamic flag used by Islamic institutions in Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia(dont know if it is used in Kosova, Albania, Macedonia, Bulgaria and Turkey?)
 
 
Zagreb
 
 
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turkmen flag of ıraq
    

turan flag



flag of western trace turks
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I would like to learn about the coat of arms of Altai_Republic, especially about the minings of the triple mountains, and the four signs on the side of the griff. This elements we can found on many hungarian simbols too.
   Coat of Arms of Altai Republic:



Wal paintings in the Basilika of Esztergom:



Coat of Arms of Hungary:
     
      
    
    
    
    
    

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Quebec:

http://www.premier.gouv.qc.ca/secteur/bienvenue_quebec/symboles_emblemes_en.htm

On January 21, 1948, at 3 p.m., the Fleurdelis replaced the Union Jack on the tower of the Parliament Building in Qubec City, thereby becoming the official flag of Qubec.

The flag adopted the white cross on a blue background used by the French navy in the early days of the colony. Its fleurs-de-lis pointed toward the centre, recalling a flag said to have accompanied Montcalm's army during its victory in 1758 over the British troops at Fort Carillon (now Ticonderoga, New York). Because the original Carillon flag commemorated one of the last great French victories, it became an important symbol in Qubec, and, from June 24, 1848 onward, was part of all National Holiday parades and celebrations. In recognizing the Fleurdelis as the Qubec flag, the National Assembly, by a unanimous vote of its members, gave official status to more than four centuries of history and tradition.
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Hi Mila.
Great topic.
Don't think i had seen the Bosnian flag before, don't know how it
managed to slip my awareness, but must say i like it, quite unusual. 
How is it that the islamic symbolism was dropped or not used,
considering it's a common occurrence for other islamic countries?
find it kinda odd. Confused

The other thing that caught my attention was in the flag of the
federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, specifically the green shield
that you specified as the Lillicum Bosniacum, well, correct me if i'm
wrong, but always knew that as being a 'masonic' symbol?? *unsure*
(it's also in the medieval Bosnian flag)

i typed the above out, before i saw Raider's post about the
Fleur-de-Lys being connected with Capets.. is the same being
asked as me, cos i really don't know who the fark, the capets are??
.. and what's more Mila, it don't look like no 'lily' to me.

ok.. Maju's got me on a mind bender now.. so it's a Greek symbol..
why am i not surprised.. our symbols are always getting ripped
off hehe Tongue One example is the nazi swastika.. i guess the
freemasons couldn't come up with any new ideas too *rolleyes*

i should read the entire thread before attempting to post lol..
cos i've just realised Akritas beat me to it..

have to bloody think of plan B now.. hmmm


Byzantine flag



According to the history Michael VIII Paleologue adopted this
symbol after he had reconquered Constantinople from the
Crusaders in 1261.  It represented looking towards the East
(Asia Minor, traditional power center of the Byzantine-government
in exile after the IVth Crusade) and theWest (newly reconquered
land in Europe.)
The double-headed eagle had in the two centuries of Paleologue
rule become identified not just with the dynasty but with the
Empire itself and, more generally, with institutions and cultural
ideas outside the Byzantine Empire that still remained centered
on Constantinople.
Most obvious of these is the Greek Orthodox Church, centered in
theory in Istanbul to this day, and so it is not surprising that the
Church would use the flag.



Flag of Cyprus


The flag of Cyprus was officially adopted on August 16, 1960.
Ater gaining independence from a century of British rule, Cyprus
now hoists this symbolic flag. The island is a copper shade
representative of its name, Cyprus - the Greek word for copper.
The crossed green olive branches symbolize the hoped for peace
between the Turks and the Greeks.



flag of Pontus (Black Sea Greeks)



 

Edited by Ellin - 15-Jul-2006 at 08:29
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Just a few more to add to Mila's list:

First Bosnian flag & coat of arms in Austria-Hungary (1878)



Bosnian flag after Austria-Hungarian annexation in 1908:
Samo Sloga Srbina Spasava
Only Unity Can Save the Serb
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I should add the CYprus flag was designed by a Turkish Cypriot.  I'd like it to be used by all Cypriots.



The Turkish flag.
The Crescent and star although being Muslim symbols have their Turkic roots deeper in history and were used by pre-Islamic Gokturks on their coins for example.  The ottoman flags used to always be green but they suddenly all changed to red for an unknown reason - maybe it was to do with the blood red at the battle o Mohacs...

In ancient Turkic mythology there is a crescent moon present and a star - but also the hidden symbol, the sun (rest of the moon).  There is the presence of an eclipse in the Turkish flag..
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Afghanan,

Here is some more (rare) Flags of Historical Afghanistan,

The Flag of Nadir Shah from the late 1600s.



and an old Flag from Herat, Afghanistan...



along with a very rare Afghan Flag during the transitional period of Amanullah Khan and Zahir Shah....  one can notice the obvious Ottoman influence in this flag




Edited by Ave1 - 23-Jul-2006 at 09:44
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