Islamist flag of Chechenia (Russia, 1990ies)

Last modified: 2005-06-17 by antonio martins
Keywords: ikhda al-khusnayin | swords: crossed | swords: 2 |
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by António Martins, 09 Jun 2005 | 2:3

• About the flag
• Variant with single sword

• Chechenia
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About the flag

I think is it the one on this photo; info on this page.
Dov Gutterman, 06 Jul 2002

A quotation related with the inscription in the flag used by the short lived Islamic Emirate of Chechnya and Dagestan (1999):

here is our flag, the flag of the Majlis of Muslims of Ichkeria and Dagestan. There is an inscription at the bottom — Ikhda al-Khusnayin. It is a verse from the Koran, which, translated literally, means one of the two goods, i.e., victory or paradise.

NAZRAN, Southern Russia - […] Police removed two black rebel flags hung overnight on buildings in the town of Shali in the southern foothills.
Jaume Ollé, 07 Apr 2001, quoting The Associated Press

Variant with single sword

Photo from Russian newspaper Kommersant: A sergeant of Russian army with a flag of islamic extremists in Dagestan.
Nikolay Khimenkov, 15 Sep 1999

The flag seems to be held upside down. Otherwise it looks very much like the Saudi one.
Santiago Dotor, 15 Sep 1999