In the green border there are three silhouettes of human heads, turned to the right and imitating the Afghan national colors. Above the profiles is the Arabic Shahada in black, while below is an open book. The profiles are surrounded by a wreath of wheat ears taken from the national emblem.

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By around 1936, the flags of the individual sheikhdoms seem to have been stable: the emirates ruled by the Al-Qasimi dynasty (Kalba, Ras al-Khaimah, and Sharjah) used an elongated version of the No. 2 flag (left) while the other four used the No. 1 flag (right).

The national and state flag, the longest existing in modern Afghanistan, adopted in 1930 and confirmed the constitution of October 1964. The flag was adopted under King Nadir Shah and survived his assassination on 8 November 1933 and lasted until the end of his son, Mohammad Zahir Shah 's reign.

The flag of Afghanistan is tricolor (black, red and green) all pieces joined together vertically from left to right in equal proportions; the breadth of each strip equalling half of its length, having in the middle the insignia of the mehrab (an arch in a mosque where the praying congregation stands, facing the Kaaba in Mecca) and the mender (a ...