Kulcha on the Flag

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According to a legend associated with the founding of the Asaf Jahi dynasty, during one of his hunts, the Nizam Asaf Jah I lost his way in the jungle.
Tired and famished, he came across a hermit’s cottage. The hermit could only feed him round dry baked bread (kulcha) and plain water.
The Nizam could not eat any more than seven kulchas, after which the hermit prophesied that the Nizam’s family would rule for seven generations.
Interestingly, the Asaf Jahi dynasty witnessed only seven Asaf Jah Nizams.
It is believed that, as a result of this event, a kulcha was depicted on the dynasty’s flag.
However, this was contradicted by Asaf Jah I, who clarified that the symbol on the flag represented the moon because the Nizam’s name, ‘Qamar’, means ‘moon’.
Regardless, the legend was so pervasive that the sixth Nizam, Sikander Jah, approved a modified design for the dynasty flag and confirmed that the symbol on it represented a kulcha.

Flag of the Asaf Jahi dynasty