Banner carried by Anṣār (الأنصار)
Item
Title
Banner carried by Anṣār (الأنصار)
flag
Creator
Creator Unrecorded
Subject
Sudan
Flags and Colours
Description
Banner carried by Anṣār (الأنصار) in battle. Rough local cotton in vivid red in central section. White appliqued lettering in four lines with carefully stitched bracketing at each end, creating cartouche effect. Badly damaged on left side, although lettering (at line ends) mainly survives. The Arabic script reads:
يا الله يا رحمان يا رحيم
yā allah yā raḥmān yā raḥīm
Oh Allah, O the compassionate, O the merciful
يا حي يا قيوم يا ذالجلال والاكرام
yā ḥayy yā qayūm yā ḍhi’l-jalāl wa’l-ikrām
O ever-living, O everlasting, O Lord of Majesty and Generosity
لا الله الا الله محمد رسول الله
lā illah ill’allah muḥammad rasūl allah
There is no god but Allah [and] Muḥammad is the Prophet of Allah
محمد المهدي خليفة رسول الله
muḥammad al-mahdī khalīfat rasūl allah
Muḥammad the Mahdī is the successor of the Prophet of Allah
[FN/ON 14.8.19, FHM 2019]
يا الله يا رحمان يا رحيم
yā allah yā raḥmān yā raḥīm
Oh Allah, O the compassionate, O the merciful
يا حي يا قيوم يا ذالجلال والاكرام
yā ḥayy yā qayūm yā ḍhi’l-jalāl wa’l-ikrām
O ever-living, O everlasting, O Lord of Majesty and Generosity
لا الله الا الله محمد رسول الله
lā illah ill’allah muḥammad rasūl allah
There is no god but Allah [and] Muḥammad is the Prophet of Allah
محمد المهدي خليفة رسول الله
muḥammad al-mahdī khalīfat rasūl allah
Muḥammad the Mahdī is the successor of the Prophet of Allah
[FN/ON 14.8.19, FHM 2019]
Publisher
Making African Connections
Date
1870
1880
Type
PhysicalObject
Format
1600 mm x 1000 mm
Identifier
4801.1.2
GR1
Source
Language
Relation
Rights
© Royal Engineers Museum
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