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The flag shown on the postage stamps issued by the State is 1:2,
horizontally divided green-white-red with a black crescent and star
in the white stripe, slightly shifted to the hoist.
Ivan Sache, after a scan of a stamp by Mike Oettle,
5 January 2002
According to Carr's Flags of the World([car61]),
"The flag of the Mahri Sultanate ... does duty
as the Sultan's Standard."
Santiago Dotor, 8 May 2003
image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 08 December 2007
The 83rd flag mentioned and illustrated in the Book of All Kingdoms [f0fXX]
is attributed to "Sicroca", i.e. Socotra.
This as depicted in the 2005 spanish illustrated transcription [f0f05], a red
flag yellow arabic letters, in the ogival default shape of this source. The
exact shape of the letters, as depicted in [f0f05], seems to be bogus, or at
least severely misshapen. (This flag differs in detail from both #82 and #23,
though they all are red with yellow Arabic letters.)
The anonymous author of [f0fXX] describes the flag thusly: «un pendón bermejo
con letras arábigas.» (=«a red flag with Arabic letters.», as translated in
[f0f12].) According to the 1912 illustrated transcription in English [f0f12] of Hakluyt Society (#73 on plate 16 between p.40-41), the manuscript "S" [f0fXXs]
shows this flag just like [f0f05].
António Martins-Tuválkin, 08 December 2007
image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 09 December 2007
Ratio 2:3
Adopted: ?
Abolished: 1967
The Banu Afrar of Mahra (Quisn) and Socotra, used red flag with
the name in white (Afrar government)
Source: The Flag Bulletin
[tfb] (communicated by Harald
Müller)
Jaume Ollé, 9 February 1997
This
Wikipedia page is a
nice "External links" addition. It includes the Arabic word "ʕfrar"
"عفرار", which is shown in the pre-1967 flag
António Martins-Tuválkin, 09 December 2007
image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 09 December 2007
image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 09 December 2007
Ratio 2:3
Adopted: 1886 ?
Abolished: ?
The text on the flag says Socotra.
Dov Gutterman, 20 May 2001
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