Emblem of Afghanistan

The coat of arms of Afghanistan is a mosque whose pulpit, the Minbar. All this is enclosed by a wreath of grain bundles that is bound about with a ribbon. In this volume is the official name of the country. It stood until 2004 in Arabic numerals the year in 1348., This year of the Islamic calendar is broadly in line with the year 1929 of the Christian calendar. This year, Mohammed Nadir Shah conquered Kabul and was crowned King of Afghanistan.

In the upper part of coat of arms is the text of the Shahada, above the towers of the exclamation is "Allahu akbar ", in German: "God is great ". On the scroll "Afghanistan" is.

On January 4, 2004, a rising sun was inserted with nine long and eight short sun rays and in 1348 replaced by the year of independence in 1298 (1919 AD). Another difference is the now striped flags coat of arms instead of plain white. One still sees some coats of arms versions in which the flags are monochrome, but this is the official version.

History

Emirate of Afghanistan (1919-1926)

Kingdom of Afghanistan (1928-1929)

Emirate of Afghanistan (1929 )

Kingdom of Afghanistan (1931-1973)

Republic of Afghanistan (1973-1974)

Republic of Afghanistan (1974-1978)

Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (1978-1980)

Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (1980-1987)

Republic of Afghanistan (1987-1992)

Islamic State of Afghanistan (1992-1996; 2001-2002)

Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (1996-2001)

Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (2002-2004)

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