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This list of German flags details flags and standards that have been or are currently used by Germany between 1848 and the present. National flags. Flag
The German Orientalist Karl Neumann, in the context of an earlier controversy about possible connections between the Khazars and the ancestors of the Slavic peoples, suggested as early as 1847 that emigrant Khazars might have influenced the core population of Eastern European Jews. [note 91]
A map of Germany, showing all the State flags and coat of arms. All German states have a Landesflagge ( flag of the state , sometimes known as a civil flag ), that may be used by anyone. Some states have another variant, often showing the state coat of arms , called the Dienstflagge ( service flag or government flag , sometimes known as a state ...
According to the Collins English Dictionary, a national flag is "a flag that represents or is an emblem of a country." [1] The word country can be used to refer to a sovereign state, sometimes also called an independent state. [2] It is customary in international law that states adopt a flag to distinguish themselves from other states. [3]
Country Before 1900 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Current Country Republic of Abkhazia: 1866: 1921 1931 1935 1937 1938 1951 1992 Republic of Abkhazia: Kosovo: 1999 2008 Kosovo: Northern Cyprus: 1984 Northern Cyprus: Puntland: 2009 Puntland: Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic: 1976 Sahrawi Arab ...
Khwaja Khizr Tomb at Sonipat; Afaq Khoja Mausoleum in Kashgar; Khwajagan, a network of Sufis in Central Asia from the 10th to the 16th century who are often incorporated into later Naqshbandi hierarchies. Khajeh Nouri (Or Khajenouri), a Persian family belonging to pre-revolution nobility, their family tree can be traced back 45 generations. [10]
Shaykh Khwaja Ahrar (Master of the free) Khoja or Khwaja (Kazakh: қожа; Kyrgyz: кожо; Uyghur: خوجا; Persian: خواجه; Tajik: хӯҷа; Uzbek: xo'ja; Chinese: 和卓; pinyin: hézhuó), a Persian word literally meaning 'master' or ‘lord’, was used in Central Asia as a title of the descendants of the noted Central Asian Naqshbandi Sufi teacher, Ahmad Kasani (1461–1542) or ...
The origin of flags is unknown. Some of the earliest known banners come from ancient China to identify different parts of the army. [3] For example, it is recorded that the armies of the Zhou dynasty in the 11th century BC carried a white banner before them, although no extant depictions exist of these banners.