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Toggle Official symbols subsection. 1.1 Flag. 1.2 Emblem. 1.3 Anthem. ... You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Persian.
The Sun received various meanings including the shah, Jamshid, the mythical shah of Iran, and motherhomeland. The many historical meanings of the emblem have provided the rich ground for competing symbols of Iranian identity. After the Constitutional Revolution of 1906, Parliament designed a new flag and a new coat of arms.
As is discussed in Persian traditions, the lion had been the symbol of kingship and symbol of Rustam's heroism in Shahnameh. [20] The many historical meanings of the emblem, while provide a solid ground for its power as the national emblem of Iran, have also provided the rich ground for competing symbols of Iranian identity. [21]
The new Iranian government viewed the Lion and Sun symbol as representing the "oppressive Westernising monarchy" that had to be replaced, despite the emblem's traditional Shi'a meanings and the lion's association with Ali, the first Imam of the Shi'a. [49] For that reason, the name of the Red Lion and Sun Society was changed to Red Crescent ...
The New Persian word فروهر is read as foruhar or faravahar (pronounced as furōhar or furūhar in Classical Persian).The Middle Persian forms were frawahr (Book Pahlavi: plwʾhl, Manichaean: prwhr), frōhar (recorded in Pazend as 𐬟𐬭𐬋𐬵𐬀𐬭; it is a later form of the previous form), and fraward (Book Pahlavi: plwlt', Manichaean: frwrd), which was directly from Old Persian ...
The painting depicts Haft-seen symbols of Nowruz being related to elements of Fire, Earth, Air, Water, and the three life forms of Humans, Animals and Plants. Haft-seen table. Haft Seen or Haft sin ( Persian : هفتسین ) is an arrangement of seven symbolic items which names start with the letter " س " (pronounced as "seen"), the 15th ...
When Iran played the US at the World Cup last night (Nov. 29), there was a lot more going on, both off the pitch and on it, than just football (or soccer, if you’re a US fan).
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