The Coat of Arms of Persia is the Lion holding a sword in his paw, and with the Sun at his back. TURKISH SYMBOLS CRESCENT _Increasing power._ The Turkish Coat of Arms is the Crescent and the Star. These heavenly bodies are supposed to signify growth. MISCELLANEOUS SYMBOLS ANEMONE _Good fortune._ BAT _Maternity._ BIRD _Spirit._ BOAR _Winter._ BUTTERFLY _Ethereal soul._ CIRCLE _Eternity; perpetual continuity._ CYPRESS TREE _Tree of life; immortality; perfect and renewed life._ DOG _Destruction; vigilance._ ELEPHANT _Patient endurance; self-restraint._ EVERGREENS _Immortality._ FIR CONE _An existence terminated but united--the union of the tribes against the dominion of Rome._ FLY _Destroying attribute._ HARE _Fertility._ HEART _Man morally._ HIPPOPOTAMUS _Destroying power._ HOG _Deep meditation._ JUG _Knowledge._ LILY _Purity._ OLIVE _Consecration to immortality._ OWL _Wisdom._ OX _Patience; gentleness._ PEACOCK _Resurrection (because of the annual renewing of its plumage, and from a belief in the incorruptibility of its flesh)._ PHOENIX _Good luck; herald of prosperity; birth of great men._ PIG _Universal kindness._ RAM _Spiritual leadership._ REED _Royalty._ RHINOCEROS _Religious recluse._ SCORPION _Invincible knowledge._ SERPENT _Life; immortality._ SPEAR _Destructive power._ SPIDER _Slave of passion._ SQUIRREL _Averter of evil._ STARS _Divinity._ SWASTIKA _Good fortune._ TURTLE _Constancy._ WHEEL _Universe._ WINGS _Spontaneous motion._ WOLF _Destroying power._ MEANINGS OF SOME OF THE PLACE-NAMES ASSOCIATED WITH RUGS AKHISSAR _White Citadel._ BAGDAD _Abode of Peace._ BAKU _Place of Winds._ BELUCHISTAN _Land of the Beluchis._ BHAGULPORE _Tiger City._ BOKHARA _Treasury of Sciences; the Noble._ DECCAN _The South Land._ DERBENT _Fortified Gate._ FARS _Land of the Farsi or Persians._ FU-CHAU _Happy City._ GILAN _The Marshes._ GULISTAN _The Rose Garden._ HAIDERABAD _Gate of Salvation._ HERAT _The Pearl of Khorassan; the Gate of India._ ISLAMABAD _Abode of Islam._ ISPAHAN _Place of Horses._ JERUSALEM _Heir of Peace._ KANDAHAR _Key of India._ KARABAGH _Country of the Sun._ KARA DAGH _Black Mountains._ KELAT _Castle._ KHORASSAN _Land of the Sun._ KWATAH _Citadel._ MECCA _The Heart of Islam; the Holy City._ MESHED _Tomb of a Martyr._ MIRZAPORE _City of the Emir._ NING-PO _Peaceful Wave._