Ottoman Empire: Flags depicted in a Dutch chart - XIXth century

Part 1

Last modified: 2004-02-28 by ivan sache
Keywords: crescent (white) | star: 6 points (white) | admiral | vice admiral | rear admiral | egypt |
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• Presentation of the chart
• Government ensign on board
• Ensign of the Imperial Family
• Standard of Mehemet Ali
• Admiral of Egypt
• Vice Admiral of Egypt
• RearAdmiral of Egypt

See also:

• Ottoman Empire
• Ottoman Empire: Index of all related pages
• Egypt in Ottoman Empire

Presentation of the chart

A colour plate showing twelve flags, with Dutch captions is illustrated in Smith (1975) [smi75c], page 152. Smith's caption is:

In the ninetienth century, Egyptian flags were basically the same as those of the Ottoman Empire.

Note that all stars are six-pointed; on another picture on the same page of the book, a "ninetienth century Egyptian flag captured in battle by the British" seems also to have six-pointed stars, with a vertical orientation. All crescent do not have the same size. I reversed the images to show the hoist on viewer's left. I use a red colour for the main field of the flags, although a pink colour has also been reported for Ottoman flags.

The following flags are shown on the chart:

• Governmental ensign on board
• Ensign of the Imperial family
• Standard of Mehemet Ali
• A