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. White background of rough local cotton with script laid out on four regular lines in highly literate, appliqued script in red and blue. 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
[FN/ON/FHM 2019]
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
[FN/ON/FHM 2019]
Publisher
Making African Connections
Type
PhysicalObject
Format
1215 mm x 1850 mm
Identifier
GGC144.1
Source
Language
Relation
Rights
© Royal Engineers Museum
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