the moon and star symbol in islam is called star and crescent.
the moon and star symbol in islam is called star and crescent.
what is the moon and star symbol in islam called?
star and crescent
the star and crescent is an iconographic symbol used in various historical contexts but most well known as a symbol of the ottoman empire. it is often considered as a symbol of islam by extension, however is denied as the religion bears no symbol. it develops in the iconography of the hellenistic period (4th–1st centuries bce) in the kingdom of pontus, the bosporan kingdom and notably the city of byzantium by the 2nd century bce. it is the conjoined representation of the crescent and a star, both of which constituent elements have a long prior history in the iconography of the ancient near east as representing either sun and moon or moon and morning star (or their divine personifications). coins with crescent and star symbols represented separately have a longer history, with possible ties to older mesopotamian iconography. the star, or sun, is often shown within the arc of the crescent (also called star in crescent, or star within crescent, for disambiguation of depictions of a star and a crescent side by side); in numismatics in particular, the term crescent and pellet is used in cases where the star is simplified to a single dot.
star and crescent
islamic flags containing the calligraphy of the quran were commonly used by the mughal emperor akbar, it was the mughal emperor shah jahan, who is known to have inlaid the crescent and star symbol upon his personal shield, his son aurangzeb is also known to have used similar shields and flags containing an upward crescent and star symbol. various nawabs, such as the nawab of the carnatic, also used the crescent and star symbols.









































section::::evidence adduced.:the arab idol hubal.
allah as a lunar deity