Coat of arms of Afghanistan

Coat of arms of Afghanistan

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Introduced	January 4, 2004
Motto (motto)	" Allahu akbar ", German: "God is great"

Black and White Edition

Metallic Gold Edition

The current coat of arms of Afghanistan is largely based on the coat of arms that the Kingdom of Afghanistan used from 1931 to 1973, it shows a mosque with its pulpit, the minbar . All of this is enclosed in a wreath made of bundles of grain tied with a ribbon. On this tape is the official name of the country. Above this was the year 1348 in Arabic numerals until 2004. This year of the Islamic calendar largely coincides with the year 1929 of the Christian calendar. That year, Mohammed Nadir Shah conquered Kabul and was crowned King of Afghanistan .

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

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