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Flag of the Hotaki dynasty: 1736–1796 Flag of the Afsharid dynasty: 1747–1826 Flag of the Durrani Empire: 1750–1796 Flag of the Zand dynasty: 1964 - July 29, 1980: Flag of Iran, also known as the Three Colour Flag: With the Lion and sun on the center. Used by a number of Iranian exiles in opposition. 20 March 1953 - 24 November 1992: Flag ...
Flag Date Use Description 1980–present: Iran State flag and National flag: A horizontal tricolor of green, white and red with the national emblem in red centred on the white band and the Takbir written in the Kufic script in white, repeated 11 times along the bottom edge of the green band and 11 times along the top edge of the red band, for a total of 22 times on the fringe of the bands.
The name Drafš-e Kāvīān means "the standard of the kay(s)" (i.e., "kings", kias, kavis) or "of Kāva." [1] The latter meaning is an identification with an Iranian legend in which the Derafš-e Kāvīān was the standard of a mythological Iranian blacksmith-turned-hero named Kaveh (Persian: کاوه), who led a popular uprising against the foreign demon-like ruler Zahhak (Persian: ضحاک).
The Imperial State of Iran, officially known in English as the Imperial State of Persia until 1935, [3] and commonly referred to as Pahlavi Iran, [d] was the Iranian state under the rule of the Pahlavi dynasty.
The "Imperial Anthem of Iran" (Persian: سرود شاهنشاهی ایران, romanized: Sorude Šâhanšâhiye Irân), also known by its incipit "Long Live our King of Kings" (Persian: شاهنشه ما زنده بادا, romanized: Šâhanšâhe mâ zende bâdâ), [2] was the royal anthem of Iran from 1933 until the Iranian Revolution of 1979, when the monarchy was abolished.
English: Standard of Cyrus the Great, founder of the Persian Achaemenid Empire. Called the: Derafsh-e Shahbaz-e-Talayi or the Golden Falcon (Persian: درفش شاهباز طلایی). The standard is described by Xenophon of Athens in Cyropaedia (Book VII, C.1) as: "...and the word went down the lines, "Eyes on the standard and steady ...
The Achaemenid Empire or Achaemenian Empire, [16] also known as the Persian Empire [16] or First Persian Empire [17] (/ ə ˈ k iː m ə n ɪ d /; Old Persian: 𐎧𐏁𐏂, Xšāça, lit. 'The Empire' [ 18 ] or 'The Kingdom' [ 19 ] ), was an Iranian empire founded by Cyrus the Great of the Achaemenid dynasty in 550 BC.
1.1 Flag. 1.2 Emblem. 1.3 Anthem. 2 ... You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Persian ... Vexilloid of the Parthian ...