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Azerbaijan Flag

Flag Date of Adoption

5 February 1991

Flag Symbolism

The flag consists of three equal horizontal bands of blue (top), red, and green; a crescent and eight-pointed star in white are centered in a red band. The eight points of the star stand for the eight branches of the Turkish people. The blue band is for the Turkic people, the green is for Islam and the red is for progress. This flag was actually used in the late 1910s until Azerbaijan was annexed by the USSR. According to Dorling-Kindersley Pocket Book [udk97} The eight branches are Azeris, ottomans, jagatais, Tatars, Kipchaks, Seljuks, Kazakh, and Turkomans

Azerbaijan National Anthem

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Anthem History The lyrics for Azerbaijan's national anthem were written in 1919 by Ahmad Javad, a poet who was executed in 1937 for being a "counter-revolutionary". The music was written by composer Uzeyir Hajibeyov. When Azerbaijan regained independence in 1991, it looked back to this earlier period of independence and readopted the same flag and national anthem.
Anthem Lyrics

AZERI LYRICS



Azerbaijan! Azerbaijan!

A gahraman övladen shanle vatan.

Sandan ötr jan vermae Jomle hazeriz.

Sandan ötr gan tökmae Jomle hazeriz!

Oochrangle bayraginle massaud yasha!

Oochrangle bayraginle masuad yasha!

Meanlerle jan goorban olde!

Senan harba maydon olde!

Hogogindan kechan asgar

Hara beer gahraman olde!

San olasan goolostan,

Sana har on jan goorban!

Sana mean beer manhabat senamde totmosh makan!

Namosoono hifz etmae,

Bayragine oksaltmae.

Jomle gangler moshtagder!

Shanle Vaten! Shanle Vaten!

Azerbaijan! Azerbaijan!

Azerbaijan! Azerbaijan!
Anthem Lyrics English Azerbaijan! Azerbaijan!

Cherished land of valiant sons,

We are ready to give our heart and life for you.

All of us can give our blood for you.

Live happily with your three-colored banner.

Live happily with your three-colored banner.

Thousands of souls were sacrificed for you.

Your chest became a battlefield.

Soldiers who deprived themselves of their lives,

Each of them became a hero.

May you become a flourishing garden.

We are ready to give our heart and soul for you.

A thousand and one endearments are in my heart.

And uphold your honor.

To raise your banner

And uphold your honor,

All the youth are eager.

Cherished land, Cherished land.

Azerbaijan! Azerbaijan!

Azerbaijan! Azerbaijan!
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