Emblem of East Turkestan
Emblem of East Turkestan شەرقىي تۈركىستان دۆلەت گېربى | |
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Armiger | Islamic Republic of East Turkestan |
Adopted | 12 November 1933 |
Crest | Three mullets azure |
Shield | Basmala and crescent moon azure |
Supporters | Lunar phase azure |
The Emblem of East Turkestan (Uyghur: شەرقىي تۈركىستان دۆلەت گېربى) was adopted on 12 November 1933, when the Islamic Republic of East Turkestan declared independence. After the fall of the country, it became a symbol of the East Turkestan independence movement and appears on the official emblem of the East Turkistan Government in Exile.[1]
Description
All of the elements featured in the emblem are in azure, which is the tincture of blue in heraldry.
Basmala
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Head_ministers_of_the_Islamic_Republic_of_East_Turkistan.jpeg/300px-Head_ministers_of_the_Islamic_Republic_of_East_Turkistan.jpeg)
The basmala in the middle is stylised as a tughra.
Crescent
There is a crescent moon under the Basmala.
Three Stars
There is three stars on top of the emblem which represent three independent states which existed in or throughout the East Turkestan territory.
- Turkic Khaganate
- Uyghur Khaganate
- Kara-Khanid Khanate
Circles
There are 18 circles with different sizes which represent 18 local tribes who lived in the territory, which also represent the moon cycle.
- Pechinek
- Qipchaq
- Oghuz
- Basmil
- Qay
- Yabaqu
- Tatar
- Kyrgyz
- Chigil
- Toqsi
- Yaghma
- Oghraq
- Charuq
- Chumul
- Uyghur
- Tangghut
- Qitan
- Qarluq
See also
References
- ^ "National Emblem of East Turkistan". East Turkistan Government in Exile. 4 March 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
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