Sublime State of Afghanistan en · PROPN
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian دولت علیه افغانستان.
Meanings
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(alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of Emirate of Afghanistan.
alt of Emirate of Afghanistan
The full article states, "The Sublime State of Afghanistan recognizes the leadership of Turkey, in light of having rendered distinguished services to Islam for centuries, and holding in her hand the standard of the Caliphate"
2017, Faiz Ahmed, Afghanistan Rising: Islamic Law and Statecraft Between the Ottoman and British Empires, Cambridge: Harvard University Press, →ISBN, page 351: