Editing Star and crescent (section)

====Muslim usage====
{{further information|Crescent#Middle ages}}
While the [[crescent]] on its own is depicted as an emblem used on Islamic war flags from the medieval period, at least from the 13th century although it does not seem to have been in frequent use until the 14th or 15th century,<ref>Mohd Elfie Nieshaem Juferi, {{cite web|title=What Is The Significance Of The Crescent Moon In Islam?
|url=https://www.bismikaallahuma.org/polemical-rebuttals/crescent-moon-in-islam/|website=bismikaallahuma.org|date=12 October 2005 |access-date=September 21, 2017}}</ref><ref>Pamela Berger,  ''The Crescent on the Temple: The Dome of the Rock as Image of the Ancient Jewish Sanctuary'' (2012), [https://books.google.com/books?id=JekyAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA164 p. 164f]</ref>  the star and crescent in an Islamic context is more rare in the medieval period, but may occasionally be found in depictions of flags from the 14th century onward.<!-- how rare? we basically just have this single ms. image of BNF Nouvelle acquisition française 886, fol. 31v-->

Some [[Mughal Empire|Mughal era]] (17th century) round shields were decorated with a crescent or star and crescent.

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File:Hayton BNF886 9v.jpg|Depiction of a star and crescent flag on the [[Saracen]] side in the [[Battle of Yarmouk]] (manuscript illustration of the ''[[Hayton of Corycus#History of the Tartars|History of the Tatars]]'', Catalan workshop, early 14th century).
File:The Surrender of Kandahar.jpg|A miniature painting from a ''[[Padshahnama]]'' manuscript (c. 1640), depicting [[Mughal Emperor]] [[Shah Jahan]] as bearing a shield with a star and crescent decoration.
File:Prince Awrangzeb (Aurangzeb) facing a maddened elephant named Sudhakar (7 June 1633).jpg|A painting from a ''[[Padshahnama]]'' manuscript (1633)  depicts the scene of [[Aurangzeb]] facing the maddened [[war elephant]]  Sudhakar. [[Sowar]]'s shield is decorated with a star and crescent.
File:Walka_o_sztandar_turecki.jpg|Ottoman [[sipahi]]s in battle, holding the crescent banner (by [[Józef Brandt]])
Flag_of_the_Emirate_of_Ha'il.svg|Flag of the [[Emirate of Jabal Shammar]] ([[Ha'il]] in today's [[Kingdom of Saudi Arabia]]) from 1835 to 1921
File:Coat_of_arms_of_the_Khedive_of_Egypt.svg|Coat of arms of [[Khedivate of Egypt]] (1867–1914)
File:Flag_of_Egypt_(1922–1958).svg|Flag of the [[Kingdom of Egypt]] (1922–1953) and co-official flag of the [[Republic of Egypt (1953–1958)|Republic of Egypt]] (1953–1958)
File:Flag_of_Egypt_(1953–1958).svg|Flag of the [[Free Officers Movement (Egypt)|Free Officers Movement]] (1949–1953) and co-official flag of the [[Republic of Egypt (1953–1958)|Republic of Egypt]] (1953–1958)
File:Flag of Aceh Sultanate.svg|Flag of the [[Sultanate of Aceh]] (1496–1903)
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