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The Black Banner or Black Standard (Arabic: الراية السوداء, romanized: ar-rāyat as-sawdāʾ), also known as the Banner of the (Arabic: راية العقاب, romanized: rāyat al-ʿuqāb) or simply as The banner (Arabic: الراية, romanized: ar-rāyah) is one of the flags flown by the Islamic prophet Muhammad according to Muslim tradition.
An Islamic flag is the flag representing an Islamic caliphate, religious order, state, civil society, military force or other entity associated with Islam. Islamic flags have a distinct history due to the Islamic prescription on aniconism , making particular colours, inscriptions or symbols such as crescent-and-star popular choices.
Flag of Iran the center emblem is a stylized form of the Arabic word Allah and its five parts represent the Five Pillars of Islam ; the red and green bands bear the Takbir [ 8 ] Flag of Iraq
Centre of the flag Afghanistan: 2002–04 at top of emblem Idrisid Emirate of Asir: 1906–34 Centre of the flag Bangladesh Islami Front: 1990–present Bangsamoro Republik/Moro National Liberation Front: 2013–present in star and crescent Hamas –present Centre of the flag Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd: 1926–32
The crescent and star in the flag of the Kingdom of Libya (1951) was explicitly given an Islamic interpretation by associating it with "the story of Hijra (migration) of our Prophet Mohammed" [19] By the 1950s, this symbolism was embraced by movements of Arab nationalism such as the proposed Arab Islamic Republic (1974). [20]
White was the dynastic color of the Umayyad Caliphate and of the Fatimid Caliphate as well as the standard flag of the Prophet Mohammed [10] A white field. 622–632 750–1258 1261–1517: Black flag of the Abbasid Caliphate and as well the flag of the Prophet Mohammed [10] A black field. 1171–1260/1341: Flag of The Ayyubid dynasty of Egypt
'great flag') is the alleged original standard of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. It is kept along with other relics of Muhammad , in the treasury of the Topkapı Palace , in Istanbul . According to legend, the flag was used in the first Muslim wars; then passed into the hands of the Umayyads and Abbasids ; and finally, with Selim I 's conquest ...
The most common visual representation of the Muhammad in Islamic art, especially in Arabic-speaking areas, is by a calligraphic representation of his name, a sort of monogram in roughly circular form, often given a decorated frame. Such inscriptions are normally in Arabic, and may rearrange or repeat forms, or add a blessing or honorific, or ...