by Ivan Sache
Last modified: 2004-02-28 by ivan sache
Keywords: crescent (white) | star: 6 points (white) | admiral | vice admiral | rear admiral | egypt |
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A colour plate showing twelve flags, with Dutch captions is illustrated in Smith (1975) [smi75c], page 152. Smith's caption is:
In the ninetienth century, Egyptian flags were basically the same as those of the Ottoman Empire.
Note that all stars are six-pointed; on another picture on the same page of the book, a "ninetienth century Egyptian flag captured in battle by the British" seems also to have six-pointed stars, with a vertical orientation. All crescent do not have the same size. I reversed the images to show the hoist on viewer's left. I use a red colour for the main field of the flags, although a pink colour has also been reported for Ottoman flags.
The following flags are shown on the chart:
Ivan Sache, 29 March 1999 - Dutch captions translated by Jarig Bakker
by Ivan Sache
Caption: Government flag on board of [unreadable], hoisted on the mizzenmast.
The flag is red with a white crescent and star.
by Ivan Sache
Caption: Flag of the Great Ones, in particular Imperial Family (?), hoisted on the main mast.
The flag is red with a white writing.
The writing on this flag is a poor copy of what appears to say in Arabic "Struck in Egypt, 1222 (or 1333?)". I cannot imagine that such a message would be inscribed on a flag of any sort, much less that of the Ottoman royal family. It is, however, found on the reverse of most, if not all, Egyptian or Ottoman coins minted in Cairo from the XIXth century and some centuries before. That this inscription was copied from a coin would also account for the presence of a year at the bottom, something that would be highly unlikely on a flag of this sort. I suspect someone who couldn't read Arabic or Ottoman Turkish wanted to supply an inscription and found the clearest one he could find on a coin.
Muhammad Tahhan (Ph.D. candidate in history), 25 June 2000
by Ivan Sache
Caption: Mehemet Ali, hoisted on the main mast.
The flag is red, with two white crescent and stars placed vertically along the hoist and a bigger white crescent and star placed near the hoist. This is a wronge representation of Mehmet Ali's real Khedive flag.
by Ivan Sache
Caption: Admiral of Egypt, hoisted on the main mast.
The flag is red with a large white crescent with two white stars placed vertically and a larger star placed near the hoist.
by Ivan Sache
Caption: Vice Admiral of Egypt, hoisted on the foremast.
The flag is similar to the Admiral's flag, but with only the crescednt and two stars, placed in the middle of the flag.
by Ivan Sache
Caption: Rear Admiral of Egypt, hoisted on the mizzenmast.
The flag is similar to the Vice-Admiral's flag, but with only one star.