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A question of some debate. Although a symbol of several Muslim countries, it was first popularised on the Ottoman flag, and can trace itself back to pre-Islamic Turkic tribes. The earliest reference being from the kingdom of Mithradates the VI in the first century BCE.

Popular legends include the appeareance of the symbol in the blood of Turkish warriors after the battle of Manzikert in 1071.

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