Afghanistan 1921-1926 or 1928

Last modified: 2026-11-07 by ian macdonald
Keywords: mosque (white) | mihrab (white) | minbar (white) | pulpit (white) | flags: 2 (white) | swords: 2 (crossed) | headgear: shako (white) | star: 8 points (faceted) | oval (black) |
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image by Jaume Ollé and Ivan Sache

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See also:

• Historical Flags (Afghanistan)
• Afghanistan
• Afghanistan: Index of all pages

According to Baert 2001, an oval replaced the circle inscribing the mosque in 1921. The above image differs from Baert 2001's image only by minor details. In 1926, Amanullah was proclaimed King and changed the national flag by modernizing the arms.

Ivan Sache, 12 April 2002

image by BlinxCat, 13 June 2024

A friend sent me this hanging flag with tails/ribbons on the end of the 1919–1928 national flag.
BlinxCat, 13 June 2024

image located by Martin Karner, 19 October 2026
full photo available here

Detail of photo showing a vertical Afghan national flag, version 1921–26 (or 1928), photographed on a state visit of King Amanullah Khan in Bern, Switzerland, on 28 February 1928. The design has only slight differences from the flag above.
The visit was part of the king's journey in Europe, mentioned by Ivan Sache on the 1928 flag page. After this trip he decided to change the national flag for a second time after 1926.
Martin Karner, 19 October 2026