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The following is a list of flags and banners related with Algeria.

National flag

Flag Date Use Description
1962–present Flag of Algeria A vertical bicolor of green and white with the red crescent encircling the red five-pointed star centered along the dividing line.[1]
1962–present Flag of Algeria (vertical)

Government flags

Flag Date Use Description
1962–present Presidential flag of Algeria A vertical bicolor of green and white with the red crescent encircling the red five-pointed star centered along the dividing line with Arabic scripts written in gold upwards and downwards.
1962–present Presidential standard of Algeria A vertical bicolor of green and white with the red crescent encircling the red five-pointed star centered along the dividing line with Arabic script written in gold on the green stripe.[2]

Military flags

Flag Date Use Description
1963–present Naval ensign of Algeria A vertical bicolor of green and white with the red crescent encircling the red five-pointed star centered along the dividing line and white crossed fouled anchors in the canton.[3]
1963–present Naval jack of Algeria The national flag in the canton on a light blue field.[4]

Flags of ethnic groups

Flag Date Use Description
?-present Flag of the Chaoui people A yellow field with a black Tifinagh symbol in the center.
1997-present Flag of the Amazigh people
?-present Flag of the Mozabite people
2012-present Flag of the Tuareg people Flag of Azawad
?-present Flag of the Pied-Noir

Corporations

Flag Date Use Description
?–present Flag of the Naftal

Political flags

Flag Date Use Description
current
1989–present Flag of the Rally for Culture and Democracy [5]
2001–present Flag of the Movement for the self-determination of Kabylie
1953–present Flag of the Hizb ut-Tahrir
former
1989-1992 Flag of the Islamic Salvation Front [6]
1947-1966 Flag of the Ba'ath Party
1920-1962 Flag of the Algerian Communist Party [7]

Historical flags

Early Islamic period

Flag Date Use Description
698–750
909–1082		 Flag of The Umayyad Caliphate and Caliphal Flag of The Fatimid Caliphate A simple white field.
750–776 Flag of The Abbasid Caliphate A simple black field.

Under Almohad rule

1147-1235 Flag of the Almohads A red field with a checkerboard-like pattern in the center.[8][better source needed]

Under Hafsid rule

Flag Date Use Description
1300-1337 Flag of the Hafsid dynasty A red field with a white crescent moon in the center and 3 sestiere on the fly.[9]
1424-1488 Flag of the Hafsid dynasty A yellow field with a white crescent moon and a 5-pointed star in the center.[10][11]

Under Zayyanid rule

Flag Date Use Description
1348-1388 Flag of the Kingdom of Tlemcen, under Zayyanid rule A white field with a red crescent moon in the center and 3 sestiere on the fly.[12]
1388-1424 Flag of the Zayyanid Kingdom of Tlemcen A white field with a blue crescent moon in the center.
1488-1510 Flag of the Zayyanid Kingdom of Tlemcen A blue field with a white crescent moon in the center.

Under Spanish rule

Flag Date Use Description
1509-1516 Flag of the Crown of Castile
1516-1708
1732-1785		 Flag of Habsburg Spain and Bourbon Spain A red saltire resembling two crossed, roughly-pruned (knotted) branches, on a white field.[13]
1785-1792 Flag of Spain A horizontal triband flag of red, yellow (double width) and red; charged with the Spanish coat of arms off-centred toward the hoist.

Kingdom of Beni Abbas

Flag Date Use Description
1510-1516 Flag of the Kingdom of Beni Abbas A white field with a black 6-pointed pentagram, similar to the Star of David.[14][15]
1516-1542 Flag of the Kingdom of Beni Abbas A white field with a golden 6-pointed pentagram.
1542-1872 Flag of the Kingdom of Beni Abbas A horizontal triband of red (top), green and red with an Arabic script written in gold in the center.[16]
1537-1664 Royal flag of the Kingdom of Beni Abbas A white field with an Arabic script written in gold in the center and 5 Fleur-de-lis on the hoist side.[17][18]
1664-1872 Royal flag of the Kingdom of Beni Abbas A white field with an Arabic script written in gold in the center.[19]

Hayreddin Barbarossa

Flag Date Use Description
1516-1546 Flag of Barbarossa A green swallowtailed field with 2 crossed swords in the center, a 6-pointed pentagram in the fly, 4 crescent moons in each corner and the Shahada or Muslim creed written in the Thuluth script in white in the hoist side.

Under Ottoman Rule

Flag Date Use Description
1517-1793 Flag of the Ottoman Empire Red field with a green disc in the center and 3 golden crescent moons inside the disc.
1793-1837 Flag of the Ottoman Empire A red field with a white crescent moon and a 8-pointed star.
1517-1540 Flag of Ottoman Algeria A red field with The Berberian Head in the canton.
1528-1837 Flag of the Beylik of Constantine A red field with 2 crossed swords in the center.[20]
1540-1567 Flag of Ottoman Algeria A Red Field with a golden crescent moon in the center.
1600-1830 Naval jack of Ottoman Algeria A light blue field with a human arm holding a sword in the center.
1600-1830 Army flag of Ottoman Algeria A horizontal triband of red (top), green and red with 2 crossed swords in the lower red band.
1800-1810 Flag of the Ottoman Algeria A horizontal triband of red, green and yellow.
1810-1830 Flag of the Ottoman Algeria 5 horizontal stripes alternating of red and yellow.

Kel Ahaggar

Flag Date Use Description
1750-1977 Flag of Kel Ahaggar A yellow field with a black Tifinagh symbol in the center.

Under French Rule

Flag Date Use Description
1830-1962 Flag of The Kingdom of France (July Monarchy), The French Second Republic, The Second French Empire, The French Third Republic, The Provisional Government of the French Republic, The French Fourth Republic and The French Fifth Republic. A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red (proportions 3:2).
1831-1848 Royal standard of Louis-Philippe I A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red centered with the royal arms of Louis-Philippe I.[21]
1870 Imperial standard of Napoléon III A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red centered with the red stripe larger than the other 2 stripes, several golden bees and centered with the royal arms of Napoléon III.
1940-1942 Flag of Vichy France A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red with the axe and 7 golden stars.
1942-1944 Flag of Free France A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red with The Cross of Lorraine.
1830-1864 Flag of Governor-General Pélissier A white swallowtailed banner with a red and blue border and an Arabic script written in blue and red upwards and downwards.
1848-1910 Naval ensign of French Algeria 7 horizontal stripes banner, 3 white, 2 blue and 2 red.[22]
1912-1962 Flag of Governor-General Jacques A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red with the emblem of Jacques Soustelle in the center.
1962 Proposed flag of French Algeria A vertical bicolor of green and white with the red crescent encircling the red five-pointed star centered along the dividing line which is on the hoist side with the French tricolour upwards the fly side.

Emirate of Abdelkader

Flag Date Use Description
1832-1847 Flag of the Emirate of Abdelkader A horizontal tricolour of green (top), white and green centered with a golden hand cricled by an Arabic script.

Fatma's Resistance Movement

Flag Date Use Description
1854 Personal flag of Lalla Fatma N'Soumer 4 horizontal stripes of blue, green, yellow and white.

Algerian Independentist Movement

Flag Date Use Description
1940 Flag of Algerian nationalists A horizontal tricolour of green (top), white and green with a red hand and a red crescent moon.
1945 Flag of the Sétif revolt A Horizontal Bicolour of White and Green with a red hand, a crescent moon, a 6 pointed star and an Arabic script written in red in the canton.[23]

Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic

Flag Date Use Description
1958–1962 Flag of the Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic A vertical bicolor of green and white with the red crescent encircling the red five-pointed star centered along the dividing line which is on the hoist side.[24]

See also

References

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