The story of the star and crescent and the Amazigh significance in the Algerian flag
!The history of the star and crescent in the Algerian flag
Some believe that the crescent and star depicted on the Algerian flag are of Ottoman origins, but the truth is that they are much older than that.
What you see before you are the coins of the Amazigh King Dziri Yuba II, minted in Tsarist Mauritania (in ancient Algeria) during his reign (around the year 24 BC), and the head of Yuba II is engraved on them, corresponding to his name in Latin: REX IVBA.
On the back of the coin is a drawing of the crescent and the six-pointed star surrounded by a Latin inscription. It is ΒΑϹΙΛΙϹϹΑ ΚΛΕΟΠΑΤΡΑ, which means Queen Cleopatra,
in reference to his wife, Queen Cleopatra Selene. She was deified and embodied the moon goddess Selene (in ancient Greek: Σελήνη, meaning “moon”), which is symbolized by the crescent, and for this we explain the name of Algeria (Ziri, which means god). Lal and moonlight In Amazigh, the star symbolizes the royal family.
With such ancient currencies, we can now understand that the star and crescent emblem in Algeria is ancient and goes beyond the Islamic and Roman period and brings us to the Mauritanian- Amazigh period. The second use of the crescent was during the era of the Zirid state, and then the crescent and the six-pointed star by the Emir. Abdel Qader, and then its use in the demonstrations of May 8, 1945, and the six-pointed star had absolutely nothing to do with the Zionist entity because the Zionist entity’s first use of this star was only in the nineteenth century and they were not its owners!
Finally, the five-pointed star and the Ziri crescent settled on the flag of our country, Dzier, which we are always and forever proud of!
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