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There is quite a variety of objects [regarded as the
national flag] hanging from flagpoles in the country.
Iain Walker, 10 Feb 1999
I just got back from the Comoros where I made a
point of inspecting the flags. There are at least
three varieties flying [two shown on this page and
the third, most recent and official, at the
main 1996-2001 page]. I
could not find the presidential
decree in the national archives, it seems to
have been “lost”. On all flags
the crescent and four stars are as we know, upright
and open to the fly. It’s the text that moves,
although the actual text itself is the same: Allah
(اللّه) and Mohammed
(مهمّد), both with
shaddas (little "w"s), but no other diacritics.
I didn’t manage to actually measure any, but these
old dark green varieties are probably slightly
squarer than 3:4
Iain Walker, 21 Dec 1999 and 14 Jan 2000
The sides are different because the writing must be
correct in both sides (thus diferentially inverted) and
the moon must point to the fly in both sides (thus not
inverted), I believe.
António Martins, 08 Nov 1998
![[var. #1(obv.)]](../images/k/km_1o.gif)
by Arnaud Palac and António Martins, 25 Jan 2000 | ![[two-sided]](../misc/fis_twos.gif){kind=small}
![[sinister]](../misc/fis_sini.gif){kind=small} |
Flag 1 (the oldest): obverse (face showing when
the pole is at the viewer’s right hand), Allah
(اللّه), top, in the
fly, Mohammed, bottom, hoist; reverse (face showing when
the pole is at the viewer’s left hand), Allah, top, in
the fly, Mohammed (مهمّد),
bottom, hoist.
Iain Walker, 21 Dec 1999