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

FlagDurationUseDescription
Flag of Idrisid dynasty
Flag of Fatimid CaliphateThe 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 YemenMutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen (1918–1923)
Flag of Mutawakkilite Kingdom of YemenMutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen (1923–1927)
Flag of Mutawakkilite Kingdom of YemenMutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen (1927–1962)
Flag of Alawite State under the French Occupation1920–1936, Alawite Territory, Alawite State, and Sanjak of Latakia
Flag of Ilkhanate
Flag of Safavid dynastyFlag of Safavid dynasty under Ismail I (1501–1524).
Flag of Safavid dynastyFlag of Safavid dynasty after Ismail II (1576–1732).
Flag of Afsharid dynasty
Flag of Afsharid dynasty
Flag of Afsharid dynastyAn Imperial Standard of the Afsharid dynasty
Flag of Afsharid dynastyAnother Imperial Standard of the Afsharid dynasty
Flag of Afsharid dynastyNader Shah's flag
Flag of Afsharid dynastyNaval flag of Afsharid period
Flag of Zand DynastyAn Imperial Standard of the Zand dynasty
Flag of Zand DynastyAnother Imperial Standard of the Zand dynasty
Flag of Qajar dynasty
Flag of Qajar dynastyFlag of Mohammad Khan
Flag of Qajar dynastyWar flag of Fat′h Ali Shah
Flag of Qajar dynastyPeace flag of Fat′h Ali Shah (version with sword)
Flag of Qajar dynastyDiplomatic flag of Fat′h Ali Shah
Flag of Qajar dynastyFlag used during the reign of Mohammad Shah
Flag of Qajar dynastyTricolour flag reported in 1886
Flag of Qajar dynastyTricolour flag designed by Amir Kabir
Flag of Qajar dynastyCivil ensign until 1906
Flag of Qajar dynastyNaval ensign until 1906
Flag of Qajar dynastyQajar Flag during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Flag of Qajar dynasty
Flag of Pahlavi dynastyState flag (1907–1933)
Flag of Pahlavi dynastyNational flag (1907–1933)
Flag of the Pahlavi dynastyNaval ensign (1907–1933)
Flag of the Pahlavi dynastyState flag (1933–1964)
Flag of the Pahlavi dynastyNaval ensign (1933–1964)
Flag of the Pahlavi dynastyState flag (1964–1980)
Flag of the Pahlavi dynastyNational flag (1964–1980)
Flag of the Pahlavi dynastyNaval ensign (1964–1979)
Flag of the Pahlavi dynastyNaval ensign (1979–1980)
Flag of Iran
Flag of Iraq
Flag of Nawab of Awadh
Flag of Nawab of Rampur

Internal Shia Muslim territories

FlagDurationUseDescription
Flag of Hunza (Pakistan)
Flag of Talysh-Mughan Autonomous Republic
Flag of Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic

Shia organizations

FlagDurationUseDescription
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

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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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