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List of Sudanese flags

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The following is a list of flags used in Sudan.

National Flag

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Flag Date Use Description
1970-Today Flag of Sudan A horizontal tricolour of red, white, and black; with a green triangle based at the hoist.[1][2]
1970-Today Flag of Sudan (2:3 Variant)
1970-Today Flag of Sudan (Vertical Variant) [3]

Government Flag

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Flag Date Use Description
1970-Today Flag of The President of Sudan A horizontal tricolour of red, white, and black; with a green triangle based at the hoist with the national emblem in the center of the white stripe.[4]

Ethnic Group Flags

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Flag Date Use Description
?-Today Flag of The Daza people A horizontal bicolour of yellow and black divided with 2 lines of red and blue and a black star in the center of the yellow stripe.
?-Today Flag of The Hausa people A white field with the Dagin Arewa or Northern knot in the center.

Military Flags

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Flag Date Use Description
1956-Today Flag of The Sudanese Air Force A blue field with the national flag in the canton defaced with the air force's roundel.
1970-Today Naval Ensign of Sudan A white field with the national flag in the canton.
2010-Today Flag of The Sudanese 9th Airborne Division A red field with a golden Arabic script upwards and downwards and the golden emblem in the center.

Political Party Flags

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Flag Date Use Description
1923-1924 Flag of the White Flag League A white field with the flag of the Kingdom of Egypt in the canton and an outline of the Nile river in blue along the fly side.
1945-Today Flag of the National Umma Party
1946-Today Flag of the Sudanese Communist Party A red field with white Arabic script reading "Sudanese Communist Party".[5]
1952-Today Flag of the Democratic Unionist Party A horizontal tricolour of blue, yellow, and green; identical to the first flag of independent Sudan used between 1956 and 1970.
1965-1970 Flag of the Azania Liberation Front
1957-Today Flag of the Beja Congress A horizontal tricolour of blue, yellow, and green with a vertical 1⁄4-width red bar at the hoist.
1971-1985 Flag of the Sudanese Socialist Union A white field with the logo of the party in the center.
2002-Today Flag of the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army Four horizontal bands of black, red, blue, and green with a white star in the center.
2011-Today Flag of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North A horizontal tricolour of black, red, and blue, fimbriated with white stripes; with a green equilateral triangle based on the hoist side bearing a gold five-pointed star within a red disc.
2011-Today Flag of the Sudan Revolutionary Front A horizontal tricolour of black, red, and green; charged with a blue five-pointed star within a yellow disc at the center.

Sub-National flag

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Flag Date Use Description
?-Today Flag of The Blue Nile State
?-Today Flag of Central Darfur
?-Today Flag of North Darfur
?-Today Flag of South Darfur
?-Today Flag of West Darfur
?-Today Flag of The Kassala State
?-Today Flag of The Khartoum State
?-Today Flag of The Al Qadarif State
?-Today Flag of The Abyei Area

Historical Flags

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Makuria

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Flag Date Use Description
400-1590 Flag of The Kingdom of Makuria A white field with a black cross in the center.

Alodia

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Flag Date Use Description
500-1500 Flag of The Kingdom of Alodia A golden field with a white disc in the center and a red cross inside the disc.

Ottoman Empire (Turkish Sudan)

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Flag Date Use Description
1820-1844 Flag of The Ottoman Empire A Red Field with a white crescent moon and an eight-pointed star.[6]
1844-1899 Flag of The Ottoman Empire A Red Field with a white crescent moon and a five-pointed star.[7][8]
1820-1844 Flag of Ottoman Egypt Red flag with a white crescent containing a seven-pointed white star.[9]
1844-1867 Flag of self-declared Khedivate of Egypt introduced by Muhammad Ali Red flag with a white crescent containing a five-pointed white star.
1867-1881 Flag of the Khedivate of Egypt Red flag with a white crescent, containing three five-pointed white stars.[10]
1881-1899 Flag of the Khedivate of Egypt under British occupation Identical to the national flag used between 1844 and 1867.

Mahdist State

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Flag Date Use Description
1881-1899 Flag used during the Mahdist Revolt and in Mahdist Sudan A golden field with blue and red borders and a blue Arabic script in the center.
1881-1899 black standard used in Mahdist Sudan a simple black field.

Anglo-Egyptian Sudan

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Flag Date Use Description
1899-1956 Flag of The United Kingdom, also known as The Union Jack A superimposition of the flags of England and Scotland with the Saint Patrick's Saltire (representing Ireland).
1899-1914 Flag of the Khedivate of Egypt under British occupation Identical to the national flag used between 1844 and 1867.
1914-1922 Flag of the Sultanate of Egypt Red Flag with Three white crescents, each containing a five-pointed white star.
1922-1956 Flag of the Kingdom of Egypt and the Co-Official Flag of the Arab Republic of Egypt Green flag with a white crescent containing three five-pointed white stars.[11]
1952-1956 Flag of the 1952 Egyptian Revolution and the Republic of Egypt
The green monarchical flag remained the national flag of Egypt until 1958, even after the proclamation of the Republic.		 Following the Revolution of 1952, the Free Officers retained the flag of the Kingdom, but also introduced the former Republic of Egypt flag colors of red, white, and black horizontal bands, with the emblem of the Revolution, the Eagle of Saladin, in the center band, with a green escutcheon with a white crescent and five stars.[12]
1899-1956 Flag of the British Governor General A Union Jack defaced with the emblem of Sudan.[13]
1925-1956 Flag of The Sudan Defence Force a horizontal tricolour of black (top), white and Black with 2 crossed swords in the center.[14]
April 1955 Provisional flag of Sudan used during the Afro-Asian Conference (April 1955) A White field with the name of the country written in red in the center.[15]

Independence

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Flag Date Use Description
1956-1970 Flag of Independent Sudan A horizontal tricolour of blue, yellow and green.[16]
1956-1970 Flag of Independent Sudan (2:3 Variant)
1962-1970 Naval Ensign of Sudan a white field with the national flag in the canton.
1956-1970 Flag of the Sudanese Customs Service [17]

See also

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Flags of Sudan.

References

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  1. ^ "Vexilla Mundi". www.vexilla-mundi.com. Retrieved 2022-11-07.
  2. ^ "Sudan". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2022-11-07.
  3. ^ https://library.olympics.com/Default/digitalCollection/DigitalCollectionInlineDownloadHandler.ashx?documentId=157629&_cb=1528675200 [bare URL]
  4. ^ "Presidential Standard of Sudan". www.fotw.info. Retrieved 2022-11-07.
  5. ^ Kulkarni, Pavan (2019-07-15). "Sudanese Communist Party refuses to take part in transitional government, calls for agitations". Peoples Dispatch. Retrieved 2022-11-07.
  6. ^ "National flag of Turkey and its empire (after 1844) | Royal Museums Greenwich". www.rmg.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-11-07.
  7. ^ "STRAITS Chapter 18". www.manorhouse.clara.net. Retrieved 2022-11-07.
  8. ^ "STRAITS Chapter 21". www.manorhouse.clara.net. Retrieved 2022-11-07.
  9. ^ "Egypt in Ottoman Empire". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2022-11-07.
  10. ^ "Egypt in Ottoman Empire". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2022-11-07.
  11. ^ "Kingdom of Egypt (1922-1952)". www.fotw.info. Retrieved 2022-11-07.
  12. ^ "Republic of Egypt (1952-1958)". www.fotw.info. Retrieved 2022-11-07.
  13. ^ "Sudan - historical flags". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2022-11-07.
  14. ^ "Sudanese Defence Forces". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2022-11-07.
  15. ^ Isnaeni, Hendri F. (20 April 2015). "Sudan Belum Merdeka, Benderanya Sudah Berkibar di KAA". Historia - Majalah Sejarah Populer Pertama di Indonesia (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  16. ^ "Sudan - historical flags". www.fotw.info. Retrieved 2022-11-07.
  17. ^ "Sudanese Customs Service flags". www.fotw.info. Retrieved 2022-11-07.
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