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It has been claimed that it was not until the Ottoman Empire that the crescent moon and star became affiliated with the Muslim world. When the Turks conquered Constantinople (Istanbul) in 1453, they "adopted the city's existing flag and symbol".<ref>Christine Huda Dodge - [{{Reference archive|1=http://islam.about.com/od/history/a/crescent_moon.htm|2=2011-05-09}} Crescent Moon - Symbol of Islam?] - About.com, accessed May 9, 2011</ref> | It has been claimed that it was not until the Ottoman Empire that the crescent moon and star became affiliated with the Muslim world. When the Turks conquered Constantinople (Istanbul) in 1453, they "adopted the city's existing flag and symbol".<ref>Christine Huda Dodge - [{{Reference archive|1=http://islam.about.com/od/history/a/crescent_moon.htm|2=2011-05-09}} Crescent Moon - Symbol of Islam?] - About.com, accessed May 9, 2011</ref> | ||
However, in 1453 the crescent and star symbols were not a part of any known Byzantine flags,<ref>[{{Reference archive|1=http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/gr_byz.html|2=2011-05-09}} Byzantine Empire] - Flags Of The World, April 24, 2010</ref> and they were already widely used in different parts of the Muslim world, long before the fall of Constantinople. | However, in 1453 the crescent and star symbols were not a part of any known Byzantine flags,<ref>[{{Reference archive|1=http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/gr_byz.html|2=2011-05-09}} Byzantine Empire] - Flags Of The World, April 24, 2010</ref> and they were already widely used in different parts of the Muslim world, long before the fall of Constantinople. | ||
A few examples include; Islamic coins from as early as the 7<sup>th</sup> century,<ref>S. Album & T. Goodwin - [http://www.amazon.com/Sylloge-Islamic-Coins-Ashmolean-Pre-Reform/dp/1854441736 Syllogue Of Islamic Coins In The Ashmolean - The Pre-Reform Coinage Of The Early Islamic Period] - 2002, Volume I, Ashmolean Museum: Oxford (UK), pp. 6-7</ref> [[Egypt|Egyptian]] and [[Syria|Syrian]] jewellery from the 11<sup>th</sup> century,<ref>"[http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/30.95.37 Pendant (Egypt) (30.95.37)]". In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. (October 2006)</ref><ref>"[http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/1979.278.2ab Pair of earrings (Greater Syria) (1979.278.2ab)]". In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. (October 2006)</ref> Persian armor of the 10<sup>th</sup>-12<sup>th</sup> century, and paintings and drawings depicting Islamic mosques from areas, which then were not covered by the Ottoman Empire and from the times before the fall of Constantinople.<ref>"[http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/1994.232.4 Possibly Mir Khalil and Ja'far: Laila and Majnun at School: Page from the Khamsa of Nizami (Quintet of Nizami) (1994.232.4)]". In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. (October 2008)</ref> | A few examples include; Islamic coins from as early as the 7<sup>th</sup> century,<ref>S. Album & T. Goodwin - [http://www.amazon.com/Sylloge-Islamic-Coins-Ashmolean-Pre-Reform/dp/1854441736 Syllogue Of Islamic Coins In The Ashmolean - The Pre-Reform Coinage Of The Early Islamic Period] - 2002, Volume I, Ashmolean Museum: Oxford (UK), pp. 6-7</ref> [[Egypt|Egyptian]] and [[Syria|Syrian]] jewellery from the 11<sup>th</sup> century,<ref>"[http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/30.95.37 Pendant (Egypt) (30.95.37)]". In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. (October 2006)</ref><ref>"[http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/1979.278.2ab Pair of earrings (Greater Syria) (1979.278.2ab)]". In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. (October 2006)</ref> Persian armor of the 10<sup>th</sup>-12<sup>th</sup> century, and paintings and drawings depicting Islamic mosques from areas, which then were not covered by the Ottoman Empire and from the times before the fall of Constantinople.<ref>"[http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/1994.232.4 Possibly Mir Khalil and Ja'far: Laila and Majnun at School: Page from the Khamsa of Nizami (Quintet of Nizami) (1994.232.4)]". In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. (October 2008)</ref> | ||