List of Tunisian flags

This is a list of flags, banners and standards used in Tunisia.

National Flag

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1999–Present	Flag of Tunisia	A red field with a centered white sun–disc containing a red five–pointed star surrounded by a red crescent.
	1999–Present	Flag of Tunisia (Vertical)

Government Flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1999–Present	Presidential Flag of Tunisia	A red field with a centered white sun–disc with a golden border containing a red five–pointed star surrounded by a red crescent. a golden arabic script is located in an upper corner closer to the disc.

Ethnic Group Flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	?–Present	Flag of The Berbers in Tunisia	A vertical tricolour of green, yellow and red with a red Tifinagh script in the center.

Municipality Flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	?–Present	Flag of The City of Sousse	A horizontal bicolour of blue and yellow with the emblem of the city in the center.

Historical flags

Ancient Carthage

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	814 BC–146 BC	Military Standard of Carthage	A stick topped by the crescent moon and sun disc symbols (probably with the symbol of the goddess Tanit in the center of the sun disc).

Roman rule

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	146 BC–395 AD	Vexillum of The Roman Empire	the slogan S·P·Q·R (senātus populusque Rōmānus), "The Roman Senate and People," in gold on a field of crimson.

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.
	750–800	Flag of The Abbasid Caliphate	A Simple Black Field.

Almohad rule

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1174–1229	Flag of the Almohad Caliphate	A red field with a checkerboard–like emblem in the center.

Hafsid dynasty

Date	Use	Description
1229–1337	Flag of The Hafsid dynasty	A Red field with a white crescent moon in the center and 3 sestiere on the fly.
1424–1550	Flag of The Hafsid dynasty	A Yellow field with a white crescent moon and a 5–pointed star in the center.
1550–1574	Flag of The Hafsid dynasty	A white field with a blue crescent moon in the center and a vertical blue stripe off–centered toward the hoist.

Spanish Rule

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1535–1570 1573–1574	Flag of Habsburg Spain	A red saltire resembling two crossed, roughly–pruned (knotted) branches, on a white field.

Ottoman Rule

Date	Use	Description
1570–1573 1574–1793	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.
1574–1705	Flag of The Ottoman Tunisia	A Red Field with 3 golden crescent moons off–centered towards the hoist.
1705–1827	Flag of The Ottoman Tunisia	a 5 horizontal striped banner. 2 blue, 2 red and 1 green.
1827–1881	Flag of The Beylik of Tunis	A red field with a centered white sun–disc containing a red five–pointed star surrounded by a red crescent.
1827–1881	Flag of The Bey of Tunis	a 7 horizontal striped banner. 4 red, 2 golden and 1 green with 31 6–pointed stars, 24 discs and a 2 pointed sword in the center.

French Rule

Date	Use	Description
1881–1956	Flag of The French Third Republic, The Provisional Government of the French Republic and The French Fourth Republic.	A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red (proportions 3:2).
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.
1881–1885	Unofficial Flag of The French protectorate of Tunisia	A red field with a centered white sun–disc containing a red five–pointed star surrounded by a red crescent with the french tricolour in the canton.
1885–1956	Flag of The French protectorate of Tunisia	A red field with a centered white sun–disc containing a red five–pointed star surrounded by a red crescent.

Italian Rule

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1942–1943	Flag of Fascist Italy	An Italian tricolour with Savoy shield and Royal crown in the middle.

Kingdom of Tunisia

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1956–1957	Flag of the Kingdom of Tunisia	A red field with a centered white sun–disc containing a red five–pointed star surrounded by a red crescent.

References

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