Flags - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE - مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" Flags - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Kadoi, Yuka

Document Type	:	AL
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1061661
Doc. NO	:	ALei2058
Main Entry	:	Kadoi, Yuka
Title & Author	:	Flags - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Kadoi, Yuka
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
Note	:	(1,662 words)
Abstract	:	As a symbol of sovereignty in the Middle Ages and patriotism in modern times, as well as a tool of political and military propaganda, the flag (Ar. ʿalam , Turk. sancak , Pers. dirafsh ) has played an integral role in the formation of dynastic and religious identity in the Islamic world. Like many other customs that the Muslims adopted and adapted in the course of their conquests, ideas of banners and standards were derived from those evolved in Roman and Sāsānian territories, but such signaling devices were also combined with pre-Islamic
Subject	:	Islam.
electronic file name	:	ALei2058.pdf