Anṣār (الأنصار) Banner
Item
Title
Anṣār (الأنصار) Banner
flag
Creator
Creator Unrecorded
Subject
Mahdi
Flags and Colours
Description
Banner carried by anṣār (الأنصار) in battle. Fine imported fabric in a variety of patterns sewn together in strips to make up larger rectangle, with border of rough local cotton. The Arabic script reads:
yā allah yā raḥmān yā raḥīm yā ḥayy yā qayūm yā ḍhi’l-jalāl wa’l-ikrām lā illah ill’allah muḥammad rasūl allah
muḥammad al-mahdī khalīfat rasūl allah
Oh Allah, O the compassionate, O the merciful | O ever-living, O everlasting, O Lord of
Majesty and Generosity
There is no god but Allah [and] Muḥammad is the Prophet of Allah
Muḥammad the Mahdī is the successor of the Prophet of Allah
yā allah yā raḥmān yā raḥīm yā ḥayy yā qayūm yā ḍhi’l-jalāl wa’l-ikrām lā illah ill’allah muḥammad rasūl allah
muḥammad al-mahdī khalīfat rasūl allah
Oh Allah, O the compassionate, O the merciful | O ever-living, O everlasting, O Lord of
Majesty and Generosity
There is no god but Allah [and] Muḥammad is the Prophet of Allah
Muḥammad the Mahdī is the successor of the Prophet of Allah
Listed as one of 'Three Flags of the Khalifa' in the Gordon's School register of objects. [NSty 23/10/20]
Publisher
Making African Connections
Type
PhysicalObject
Format
1150 mm x 1405 mm
Identifier
GGC144.3
Source
Language
Relation
Rights
© Royal Engineers Museum
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