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DescriptionFlag of Afghanistan (1843–1879).svg
English: Flag of the Emirate of Afghanistan (formerly the Emirate of Kabul) from 1843 to 1879.
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Mohammad Akbar Khan's flag used from the beginning of his resistance in November 1841 was captured by Armourer-Sergeant Henry Ulyett of the British Empire in the Battle of Jalalabad during the First Anglo-Afghan War on 7 April 1842, following the death of an Afghan standard-bearer in action.[1]

File:Afghan banner captured at Jalalabad.jpg

Historical sources mention this flag to be the standard of Sher Ali Khan, and seen bore by Afghan tribesmen during the Battle of Asmai Heights during the Second Anglo-Afghan War on 14 December 1879.[2]

File:Storming of the Asmai Heights by the 92nd Gordon Highlanders.jpg

This flag was the national standard of the Emirate of Afghanistan from Dost Mohammad Khan's reign in April 1843 until the National Party's de facto rule in the Second Anglo-Afghan War in 1879, following the abdication of Mohammad Yaqub Khan.

  1. ↑ Carter, Thomas (1867) Historical Record of the Thirteenth, First Somersetshire: Or, Prince Albert's Regiment of Light Infantry, W. O. Mitchell, pp. 108−109 "The scarlet standard is of fine cloth, and is in tolerable preservation; it has a green border, with a crimson and yellow fringe; on the join, about the centre, a patch of light blue cloth is introduced, on which are neatly sewn some characters in yellow cloth, being the following extract from the Koran:- "The Omnipotent God! In the name of God, the clement and the merciful! With God as a helper, victory is high." The Afghans have great faith in such inscriptions, which are supposed to ensure victory. The flag is triangular in shape, and swallow-tailed; two of the sides are about eight and nine feet in length, the shortest side being about four feet. The staff, which is the branch of a tree with the bark on, is spear-headed, but is broken at the lower extremity. The two other flags are but fragments; like the above they are triangular. They have pointed iron ends to plant them in the ground. The crimson flag has a green piece of cloth, with red characters sewn in. The blue flag is a sort of coarse printed cotton stuff, and has a rude shawl-pattern border. There are about five feet of the flag on both the staffs, which are from eight to nine feet in length. Their appearance betokens that they have seen service, and borne the brunt of battle."
  2. ↑ Adamec, Ludwig W. (1997) Historical Dictionary of Afghanistan, Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, p. 147 "Amir Sher Ali's standard was triangular in shape, red and green, with Koranic inscriptions."
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