List of Shia Muslim flags
This is a list of flags used by Shia Muslims.
Shia Muslim flags usually include the color green in them, which is a symbol of Islam, and also a symbol of purity, fertility and peace. Common colors in Shia Muslims flags are red, white and green; common symbols include the Lion and Sun, the Zulfiqar and the Shahada.
Shia Muslim states
Flag | Duration | Use | Description |
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![]() | Flag of Idrisid dynasty[citation needed] | ||
![]() | Flag of Fatimid Caliphate | The Fatimid dynastic color was white, in opposition to Abbasid black, while red and yellow banners were associated with the Fatimid caliph's person.[1][2][3] | |
![]() | Flag of Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen | Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen (1918–1923) | |
Flag of Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen | Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen (1923–1927) | ||
![]() | Flag of Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen | Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen (1927–1962) | |
![]() | Flag of Alawite State under the French Occupation | 1920–1936, Alawite Territory, Alawite State, and Sanjak of Latakia | |
![]() | Flag of Ilkhanate | ||
![]() | Flag of Safavid dynasty | Flag of Safavid dynasty under Ismail I (1501–1524). | |
![]() | Flag of Safavid dynasty | Flag of Safavid dynasty after Ismail II (1576–1732). | |
![]() | Flag of Afsharid dynasty | ||
![]() | Flag of Afsharid dynasty | ||
![]() | Flag of Afsharid dynasty | An Imperial Standard of the Afsharid dynasty | |
![]() | Flag of Afsharid dynasty | Another Imperial Standard of the Afsharid dynasty | |
![]() | Flag of Afsharid dynasty | Nader Shah's flag | |
![]() | Flag of Afsharid dynasty | Naval flag of Afsharid period | |
![]() | Flag of Zand dynasty | An Imperial Standard of the Zand dynasty | |
![]() | Flag of Zand dynasty | Another Imperial Standard of the Zand dynasty | |
![]() | Flag of Qajar dynasty | ||
![]() | Flag of Qajar dynasty | Flag of Mohammad Khan | |
![]() | Flag of Qajar dynasty | War flag of Fat′h Ali Shah | |
![]() | Flag of Qajar dynasty | Peace flag of Fat′h Ali Shah (version with sword) | |
![]() | Flag of Qajar dynasty | Diplomatic flag of Fat′h Ali Shah | |
![]() | Flag of Qajar dynasty | Flag used during the reign of Mohammad Shah | |
![]() | Flag of Qajar dynasty | Tricolour flag reported in 1886 | |
![]() | Flag of Qajar dynasty | Tricolour flag designed by Amir Kabir | |
![]() | Flag of Qajar dynasty | Civil ensign until 1906 | |
![]() | Flag of Qajar dynasty | Naval ensign until 1906 | |
![]() | Flag of Qajar dynasty | Qajar Flag during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. | |
![]() | Flag of Qajar dynasty | ||
![]() | Flag of Pahlavi dynasty | State flag (1907–1933) | |
![]() | Flag of Pahlavi dynasty | National flag (1907–1933) | |
![]() | Flag of the Pahlavi dynasty | Naval ensign (1907–1933) | |
![]() | Flag of the Pahlavi dynasty | State flag (1933–1964) | |
![]() | Flag of the Pahlavi dynasty | Naval ensign (1933–1964) | |
![]() | Flag of the Pahlavi dynasty | State flag (1964–1980) | |
![]() | Flag of the Pahlavi dynasty | National flag (1964–1980) | |
![]() | Flag of the Pahlavi dynasty | Naval ensign (1964–1979) | |
![]() | Flag of the Pahlavi dynasty | Naval ensign (1979–1980) | |
![]() | Flag of Iran | ||
![]() | Flag of Iraq | ||
![]() | Flag of Nawab of Awadh | ||
![]() | Flag of Nawab of Rampur |
Internal Shia Muslim territories
Flag | Duration | Use | Description |
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![]() | Flag of Hunza (Pakistan) | ||
![]() | Flag of Talysh-Mughan Autonomous Republic | ||
![]() | Flag of Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic |
Shia organizations
Flag | Duration | Use | Description |
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![]() | Flag of Amal Movement | ||
![]() | Flag of Khoddam Al-Mahdi | ||
![]() ![]() | Flag of Nizari | ||
![]() | Flag of Balawaristan National Front | ||
![]() | Flag of Shabak people | ||
Flag of Kata'ib Hezbollah |
See also
References
- ^ Hathaway, Jane (2003). A Tale of Two Factions: Myth, Memory, and Identity in Ottoman Egypt and Yemen. Albany, New York: State University of New York Press. p. 97. ISBN 978-0-7914-5883-9.
The Ismaili Shi'ite counter-caliphate founded by the Fatimids took white as its dynastic color, creating a visual contrast to the Abbasid enemy.
- ^ Blair, Sheila S.; Bloom, Jonathan M. (1999). "Art and Architecture: Themes and Variations". In Esposito, John L. (ed.). The Oxford History of Islam. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 215–267. ISBN 0-19-510799-3.
...white was also the color associated with the Fatimid caliphs, the opponents of the Abbasids.
- ^ Sanders, Paula A. (1994). Ritual, Politics, and the City in Fatimid Cairo. SUNY series in Medieval Middle East History. SUNY Press. p. 44. ISBN 0-7914-1781-6.
...wore white (the Fatimid color) while delivering the sermon (khuṭba) in the name of the Fatimid caliph.
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